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About Franklin Templeton Digital Assets

A complete digital assets ecosystem.

Whether you’re an individual investor, financial professional or a blockchain start-up, we have the expertise and resources to help advance your digital asset investment strategy or business. From launching the industry’s first on-chain money market fund in the United States, to funding blockchain start-ups, we’re leading the way in innovation for the global asset management industry.

Why Franklin Templeton for digital asset investing?

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Blockchain-native operational expertise

In-depth knowledge of blockchain ecosystems gained by investing across the lifecycle of various protocols including:

  • Digital assets technology
  • Digital assets investment strategies
  • Early-stage blockchain venture capital
  • Node operations
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Franklin Templeton focus

  • Dedicated group of 50+ investment professionals
  • Operational infrastructure to support a full suite of digital asset investment offerings
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Global presence and deep industry relationships

  • Extensive experience with global securities regulators worldwide
  • Investment operations and distribution presence in 25 countries around the world

A team of seasoned digital asset and investment professionals

Roger Bayston, CFA

Executive Vice President, Head of Digital Assets

Mike Muir

Senior Vice President, Head of Digital Assets Technology

Anthony Pecore

Senior Vice President, Director of Digital Asset Management

Mike Reed

SVP, Head of Digital Asset Partnership Development

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Private Markets Insights: Private Equity Secondaries - A primary allocation

Private equity is at a turning point, with investors and advisors exploring the best ways to allocate across sub-strategies. There is a compelling case for private equity secondaries serving as the cornerstone of a core/satellite evergreen model.

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Private Markets Insights: Not a simple open and closed case

Evergreen and closed-ended funds offer different paths to private markets - understanding their strengths can help investors optimise allocations.

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Unlocking opportunities: Understanding the growing secondary market

The global secondary market has grown over the past three decades primarily because of the increased supply of capital committed to private investment funds, according to Lexington Partners. They believe the backdrop for the secondary market continues to remain attractive.

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2024 Alternative Investment Outlook: Challenges create opportunities

Many of the same issues that impact traditional investments also impact alternative investments. Explore our outlook for private credit, private equity, real estate, and hedge funds.

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Data as of 30/06/2025.

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Important Information

Investments entail risks, the value of investments can go down as well as up and investors should be aware they might not get back the full value invested.

Individual securities mentioned are intended as examples only and are not to be taken as advice nor are they intended as a recommendation to buy or sell any investment or interest.

Investment risks

Digital asset investments have historically been subject to greater volatility of returns with additional risks associated with the issuance, redemption, transfer, custody and record keeping of shares maintained and recorded primarily on a blockchain.