Binance Partners With Franklin Templeton to Enable Tokenized Money Market Funds as Off-Exchange Collateral

• Institutions can trade on Binance using tokenized funds from Franklin Templeton without moving assets on the exchange.
• Assets stay in custody, earn yield, and still count as collateral.

Binance Exchange has taken a step forward to deepen the connection between traditional finance and digital assets. Binance has partnered with Franklin Templeton, a global asset manager, to allow institutional traders to use tokenized money market funds as collateral. 

What changes happened after this partnership

Usually, large traders need to post collateral for their cash or crypto into the exchange. This step creates the risk if the exchange fails or freezes the withdrawals. Under the new structure, investors can hold tokenized shares of money market funds issued through Franklin Templeton’s Benji platform, and these assets stay off the exchange in regulated custody. Binance simply recognizes its value and allows it to be used as a margin for trading.

Money market funds are considered relatively stable and low risk. This means that the institutions can continue earning returns while using the same assets to support trading activity. This is another major step for the real-world asset adoption inside the crypto markets. It shows that traditional finance products can live on blockchain rails. For many firms, custody risk has been the biggest barrier, but this structure directly solves that risk. 

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Catherine Chen, Head of VIP and Institutional at Binance, described this partnership as a natural next step in connecting traditional finance and digital assets. The goal is to allow institutions to trade crypto while maintaining regulatory protections and professional asset management standards. 

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