Franklin Templeton Positions for Digital Asset Leadership with Benji Platform Enhancements

Franklin Templeton is aggressively pursuing first-mover advantage in digital assets through upgrades to its proprietary Benji platform. The blockchain-integrated system now offers expanded capabilities for trading, managing, and administering tokenized investments as traditional finance faces disruption.

"Innovators will lead this transformation," said Max Gokhman, Deputy CIO at Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions. The former digital asset hedge fund founder joined in 2022 to helm the firm's multi-asset MosaiQ platform before assuming his current role. "Market leaders who dismiss this shift do so at their peril—no asset manager is immune to disruption."

The firm's strategic pivot comes as institutional adoption accelerates across blockchain-based financial infrastructure. Gokhman's appointment and the Benji enhancements signal Franklin Templeton's conviction that digital assets will reshape investment management hierarchies.