BENJI Lands in Asia: Franklin Templeton and DigiFT Partner for Institutional Tokenisation

Tokenisation is getting a push in Asia, as Singapore-regulated DigiFT and Franklin Templeton have joined forces in a long-term strategic partnership to make the Benji Technology Platform and its related tokenisation products available to accredited and institutional investors.

Bridging the Tokenisation Gap

Announced today (Wednesday), the tokenised products will be available on DigiFT’s platform, a digital asset exchange for institutional-grade real-world assets, serving as a key distributor across Asia.

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The Benji Technology Platform is Franklin Templeton’s blockchain-based system for managing and transferring tokenised investments, built to serve both retail investors and large institutions.

“DigiFT was built with a specific conviction: that institutional investors deserve access to the world’s best on-chain financial instruments through a platform that meets the regulatory standards they require,” said Henry Zhang, Founder and Group CEO of DigiFT. “The partnership with Franklin Templeton reflects that conviction and marks the beginning of a long-term strategic collaboration to bring tokenised solutions to market.”

The companies highlighted that the partnership was formed because of their shared early commitment to institutional tokenisation.

Indeed, Franklin Templeton, which has USD 1.74 trillion in assets under management, launched the first U.S.-registered mutual fund to use a public blockchain to process transactions and record share ownership in 2021. It was launched on the Benji Technology Platform.

DigiFT, meanwhile, has remained focused on Asian markets. It holds licences in both Singapore and Hong Kong, including Type 1 and Type 4 licences from the Securities and Futures Commission.

An Aggressively Growing Market

The partnership also comes at a time of growing interest in tokenisation globally. The tokenised real-world asset market had a breakout year in 2025, surging from roughly $5.5 billion to $18.6 billion on public blockchains. Tokenised US government securities emerged as the leading institutional category, driving much of that growth.

The Benji Technology Platform supports the tokenisation of US government securities that earn yield continuously, including within a single trading day, through Franklin Templeton’s patent-pending Intraday Yield mechanism.