HashKey Holdings Limited (3887.HK) (group.hashkey.com), a leading comprehensive digital asset company in Asia, has announced that its licensed trading platform, HashKey Exchange, will collaborate with the established global asset manager Franklin Templeton to distribute the firm’s flagship tokenized money market fund, the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Liquidity Fund (grBENJI), to digital asset investors across Asia.

The collaboration will commence with the launch of the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Liquidity Fund (grBENJI) on the HashKey Exchange Earn Channel on August 24, 2026. The product will provide eligible digital asset investors with access to a fund that invests primarily in U.S. government money market instruments and U.S. dollar cash assets through blockchain-enabled infrastructure.

As the digital asset ecosystem continues to evolve, market participants are increasingly seeking yield-generating instruments backed by real-world assets. In that context, the collaboration adds a regulated route for investors who want tokenized exposure to a traditional cash-management product without leaving the digital asset environment, while also supporting the broader development of on-chain capital markets.

For Franklin Templeton, the partnership expands the reach of its tokenized fund solutions into regulated digital asset markets across Asia. For HashKey Exchange, it strengthens the Earn ecosystem by introducing regulated tokenized investment products and deepening collaboration with leading global asset managers, a combination that may matter to institutions and professional investors evaluating compliant digital asset infrastructure.

By combining Franklin Templeton’s decades of global investment expertise with HashKey Exchange’s regulated digital asset infrastructure, the collaboration aims to create a compliant and scalable gateway for institutional and professional investors to access tokenized financial products from established global asset managers.

Building on the launch of grBENJI, both companies said they will continue to explore opportunities to expand access to tokenized products across markets and asset classes, while remaining committed to advancing transparent and compliant real-world asset (RWA) solutions.

Haiyang Ru, CEO of HashKey Exchange BG, stated: “Partnering with a global asset management leader like Franklin Templeton marks a monumental milestone for HashKey Exchange and the broader Asian digital asset landscape. By bringing the Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Liquidity Fund (grBENJI) onto our Earn channel, we are directly addressing the surging institutional demand for compliant, real-world asset (RWA) yield solutions. This collaboration bridges the gap between traditional finance and secure, regulated on-chain infrastructure, setting a new benchmark for transparency and capital market innovation across the region.”

Chetan Karkhanis, SVP, Digital Assets Client Engagement, Franklin Templeton, commented: “We are excited to launch our tokenized money market fund on the HashKey Exchange platform. Leveraging blockchain technology, the Fund provides investors with enhanced transparency, security, accessibility, speed, and cost efficiency. Launching on HashKey is a key step in broadening our reach, tapping into their rapidly expanding client base of digital-native banking and wealth platforms alongside established institutional clients, while advancing our digital assets and innovation strategy in the region.”

He added, “We look forward to deepening this partnership by expanding beyond tokenized money market funds into other tokenized products over time, leveraging HashKey’s multijurisdictional platform spanning Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Dubai and Bermuda.”

Source: Globalfintechseries