Franklin Templeton expands tokenized fund to Arbitrum

• Franklin Templeton has launched its US authorities cash fund on Ethereum Layer 2 community Arbitrum.
• The asset supervisor’s growth of FOBXX provides to accessibility on Stellar and Polygon.

Franklin Templeton, a world asset supervisor with $1.66 trillion in property underneath administration, has expanded its cash market fund, the Franklin OnChain U.S. Authorities Cash Fund (FOBXX) to the Arbitrum blockchain.

The agency introduced the transfer on Aug. 8, with the collaboration with Arbitrum Basis seeing the Wall Avenue large now supply its FOBXX fund to buyers on three blockchain networks. Aside from Arbitrum, FOBXX can also be reside on Stellar (XLM) and Polygon (MATIC).

“We’re excited to see Franklin Templeton be a part of the Arbitrum ecosystem and stay up for the transformative affect their participation will deliver to our neighborhood,” Steven Goldfeder, co-founder and CEO of Arbitrum contributor Offchain Labs, mentioned.

FOBXX launches on Arbitrum

Franklin Templeton launched FOBXX in 2021, with at the very least 99.5% of the fund’s complete property invested in US authorities securities, money and repurchase agreements. These are absolutely collateralized by US Treasury debt or money.

Franklin Templeton’s @FTI_DA OnChain U.S. Authorities Cash Fund is now out there on Arbitrum!

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— Arbitrum (💙,🧡) (@arbitrum) August 8, 2024

In line with the press launch, investments in FOBXX will probably be by way of Franklin Templeton’s proprietary blockchain-integrated platform Benji. The launch on Arbitrum will see eligible buyers entry it on-chain.

“Increasing into the Arbitrum ecosystem is a vital step on our journey to empower our asset administration capabilities with blockchain know-how,” Roger Bayston, Head of Digital Property at Franklin Templeton, famous.

FOBXX ranks behind BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) by way of market cap with $412 million in comparison with over $510 million as per knowledge on rwa.xyz on August 8, 2024. Ondo Finance’s US Greenback Yield (USDY) has a market cap of $299 million to rank third.