Franklin Templeton Files Registration for Dividend-Investing Crypto Funds

Franklin Templeton has filed registration paperwork for two new products that take dividend income from stock holdings and automatically invest it in cryptocurrency.

The funds, set to launch as early as September 1, 2026, are designed to target an allocation of roughly 95% U.S. equities and 5% crypto.

This is not new territory for Franklin Templeton, which filed for a spot product in early 2024 and has since partnered with Payward to integrate its BENJI tokenized money market fund as collateral on the Kraken platform.

The company's decision to file these new products arrives amid a trend of issuers rushing new crypto-linked funds to market following the SEC's adoption of generic listing standards in late 2025.