Key Takeaways:
Franklin Templeton completed its 250 Digital acquisition on June 22, 2026, and formally launched Franklin Crypto.Christopher Perkins and Seth Ginns, both from the former Coinfund team, will lead Franklin Crypto’s active strategies.Franklin Templeton’s $1.78 trillion AUM and 35-country reach gives the new division immediate institutional distribution scale.The division builds on an existing digital asset unit inside Franklin Templeton that already handles fundamental research, active portfolio construction, and institutional risk oversight.
Why This Move MattersThe combination of Perkins and Ginns, both known inside the industry from their Coinfund work, and a firm with nearly eight decades of investment management history, is a pairing institutions have generally not had access to in this form.
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