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Franklin Templeton FOBXX

NAMERtokenized mmfproductionOperator: Franklin TempletonIssuance unverified

Franklin OnChain US Government Money Fund, a 1940 Act registered government MMF whose share class is recorded on a permissioned ledger. Distinguished from BUIDL by the registered-fund structure (vs 3(c)(7) restricted to qualified purchasers), making it accessible to a wider investor base under US fund regulation. BENJI is the Franklin Templeton platform brand under which FOBXX and related products sit.


Operating details

How it actually settles
Architecture

Stellar is the primary public blockchain of record, with replicated balances on Polygon, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Aptos, Ethereum, Solana, Base, BNB Chain, and Canton. Franklin Templeton's transfer agent runs the Benji platform as the on-chain recordkeeping system, where one BENJI token equals one share, and the Benji web and mobile app handles subscriptions, redemptions, and yield accrual for retail and institutional accounts. Peer-to-peer share transfers between vetted Benji holders went live in 2024.

Participants

Franklin Templeton (issuer and transfer agent) · Stellar Development Foundation · Polygon Labs · BNB Chain · Canton Network (Digital Asset) · Anchorage Digital Bank (institutional custody) · BounceBit (collateral integration) · Mercurity Fintech

Scale

Total net assets stood at roughly USD 864M as of February 2026, up from USD 742M in September 2025. Stellar carries the bulk of supply, with Polygon and the newer chains holding smaller pools as institutional clients select networks on demand.

Regulatory wrapper

Registered under the 1940 Act as a US government money market fund, with the Franklin Templeton transfer agent function serving as the legal record and the public chain entry serving as the operative ledger. The registered structure is what differentiates FOBXX from BUIDL's 3(c)(7) wrapper and admits a wider US investor base.

Known limits

Distribution still routes through Benji-onboarded accounts, so secondary trading on open DEXs is not available and BENJI does not interoperate with non-Franklin DeFi rails by default. Cross-chain mobility relies on the transfer agent rebalancing supply between networks rather than native bridging, which constrains use as collateral outside vetted venues like Anchorage and BounceBit.

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