Why Franklin Templeton for digital asset investing?
At Franklin Templeton, we have been building digital asset expertise since 2018. The Franklin Templeton Digital Assets Team focuses on extensive research and technical development of new products. We’re actively involved in digital asset networks and develop platforms, product expertise and strategy differentiation to help clients achieve investment in the tokenised asset ecosystem.
US$661 mn
Digital assets under management
40+
Years traditional finance expertise
50+
Dedicated investment professionals
Data as of 30/06/2025.
Could digital assets be like the tech stock of the ‘90’s?
User Growth of the Internet Parallels Growth within Crypto
1995-2002 vs. 2017-2024
Sources: Statista, World Bank. Crypto Users as of December 2024.
Crypto Still Represents a Small Value Share of the Stock Market
January 1995 - December 2024
Source: MSCI. As of December 31, 2024.
The benefits of investing in digital assets
Investing in digital assets presents a compelling opportunity in today’s evolving financial landscape providing access to a borderless and decentralised financial system, which can potentially offer greater transparency, efficiency and accessibility compared to traditional financial instruments.
10-Year Risk and Return (%)
Past performance is not necessarily indicative nor a guarantee of future performance.
Sources: Franklin Templeton, Bloomberg, MSCI, Cryptocurrency Prices, s&p. 10-year historical observations are as of 2Q 2023.
* Data for All Crypto Market Cap is from July 2017 – June 2024. The indices used are MSCI World Index for Global Stocks, Bloomberg Global-Aggregate Total Return Index Value Unhedged USD Index for Global Bonds and Total of All Cryptocurrencies Sector for s&p cryptocurrency largecap pr usd. Standard deviation is a statistic used as a measure of the dispersion or variation in a distribution, or data set, from its mean, or average; it measures the volatility of an investment’s return over a particular time period; the greater the number, the greater the volatility.
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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. For example, shares that are issued using blockchain technology would be subject to risks (including the following: blockchain is a rapidly-evolving regulatory landscape, which might result in security, privacy or other regulatory concerns that could require changes to the way transactions in the shares are recorded).
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