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“Allows users to hold Benji tokens… use that as collateral… and custodian off exchange.”
That was Richard Teng, Co-CEO of Binance, speaking at Consensus 2026 about integrating Franklin Templeton’s tokenized money market funds into Binance’s trading infrastructure.
The signal here isn’t just product expansion. It’s structural convergence.
Binance is positioning yield-bearing, regulated fund exposure inside a crypto-native trading stack — while keeping assets off-exchange. That’s designed for institutions that want liquidity without idle capital.
A few broader takeaways:
✅ Yield is becoming embedded collateral, not just a treasury strategy
✅ Traditional asset managers are distributing products through crypto rails
✅ Off-exchange custody addresses counterparty optics for institutions
✅ Stablecoins and tokenized funds are merging capital markets plumbing
Teng also noted Binance’s growth from 170M to 300M users in 2024 and a 50% rise in stablecoin market cap following the “Genius Act.”
The bigger picture: tokenization is evolving into capital efficiency infrastructure. Institutions are aligning regulated yield products with crypto-native liquidity venues — without fully migrating custody risk on-platform.
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Published at
2026-02-16 13:04:06 UTCEvent JSON
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