ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Seth Ginns says the market has the tokenization trade backwards: pre-IPO equities are the exciting story, but assets that already trade with deep liquidity, like equities and treasuries, benefit most from 24/7 markets. He and Anthony Pecore of the Franklin Crypto team also talk through the "odd looks" they got launching Benji, why tokenized money market funds are now table stakes, how equities could be split into separate profit pools, and why they think assets will one day live in wallets instead of accounts.
Anthony Pecore is SVP and Director of Digital Asset Management at Franklin Templeton, where he has helped lead its on-chain fund efforts, including the tokenized money market fund Benji, live since 2021. Seth Ginns is CIO at Franklin Crypto and was an equities investor for 18 years before launching a liquid crypto fund in 2020.
The Rollup is where the leaders of digital assets and finance converge. Live from the financial capital of the world.
00:00 Intro
02:06 Institutions Want Real Businesses Not Meme Coins
04:13 Benji Tokenized Money Market Fund Since 2021
06:13 Tokenization Path To Nowhere Is Dead
08:14 Tokenization Starts With Assets Not Apps
10:33 Value Creation Vs Value Capture Debate
13:21 Bet On H100s Short Blackwells Via Tokens
15:27 Autonomous Management Of Capital Explained
17:28 Franklin's 7 Year Asset Management Vision
18:52 AI And Digital Assets Are Complementary Technologies
19:13 The Financial Singularity Has Arrived
Guest Socials:
Seth Ginns X: https://x.com/sethginns
Franklin Templeton X: https://x.com/FTDA_US
Franklin Templeton Website: https://www.franklintempleton.com/
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