HashKey Exchange Teams Up With Franklin Templeton to Bring grBENJI Tokenized Money Market Fund to Asia

HashKey Holdings Limited (3887.HK) said its licensed trading platform, HashKey Exchange, has entered a distribution partnership with Franklin Templeton to offer the asset manager's flagship tokenized money market strategy, the Franklin Onchain U.S. Government Liquidity Fund (grBENJI), to digital asset investors across Asia. The rollout is scheduled to go live on HashKey Exchange's wealth management channel on August 24, 2026. The product is delivered via blockchain-based infrastructure and provides eligible digital asset investors with access to a fund that primarily invests in U.S. government money market instruments and U.S. dollar cash assets. The companies said demand is rising for yield-bearing instruments backed by real-world assets (RWA) as the digital asset ecosystem matures. They described the collaboration as a step toward connecting traditional finance with compliant onchain infrastructure and advancing the development of onchain capital markets. For Franklin Templeton, the listing extends its tokenized fund solutions into compliant digital asset markets across Asia. HashKey Exchange said the partnership strengthens its Earn ecosystem by adding compliant tokenized investment products and deepening ties with a global asset management firm. Ru Haiyang, CEO of HashKey Exchange, said the launch addresses growing institutional demand for compliant RWA yield solutions and helps bridge traditional finance with secure onchain infrastructure. Chetan Karkhanis, Senior Vice President of Digital Assets Client Business at Franklin Templeton, said the fund uses blockchain technology to enhance transparency, security, accessibility, speed, and cost-efficiency. He added that HashKey Exchange's multi-jurisdictional footprint across Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Dubai, and Bermuda supports plans to expand beyond tokenized money market funds to additional tokenized products over time. The product is intended only for professional investors and is not offered to the general public in Hong Kong. HashKey Exchange is a digital asset exchange under HashKey Holdings Limited (3887.HK). Hash Blockchain Limited (HashKey Exchange) is among the first licensed retail virtual asset exchanges in Hong Kong, approved by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC). It holds Securities and Futures Ordinance licenses for Type 1 (dealing in securities) and Type 7 (providing automated trading services), and a virtual asset trading platform license under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance. The exchange is certified to ISO 27001 (Information Security) and ISO 27701 (Privacy Information Management). HashKey Exchange does not provide services to users in mainland China, the United States, or certain other jurisdictions. Franklin Templeton said it provides customized investment solutions across public and private markets, combining portfolio management expertise with technology. Founded in 1947, the firm reported $1.8 trillion in assets under management as of July 31, 2026, across more than 35 countries and regions.