Franklin Resources is an American multinational holding company that offers a wide range of mutual funds and investment solutions.
According to Cointelegraph, Mike Reed, Head of Digital Asset Partnerships at Franklin Templeton, stated at the LONGITUDE conference in Paris that although Franklin Templeton is a traditional financial institution, the company is genuinely building on blockchain with a crypto-native mindset. He also noted that the crypto industry remains in its early stages, but change is accelerating.
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According to Cointelegraph, JP Richardson, CEO of Exodus, stated that financial institutions have accelerated their participation in the cryptocurrency market this year—including stablecoin market capitalization reaching an all-time high, Morgan Stanley launching a Bitcoin ETF, Schwab opening a waitlist for spot Bitcoin trading, Franklin Templeton establishing a cryptocurrency division, and Fannie Mae accepting Bitcoin as collateral for loans. Unlike previous cycles, institutional investors have stood out during this bull run, while retail participation has declined sharply. Data from CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost shows that inflows into small accounts holding less than 1 BTC on Binance have hit a record low, with retail activity dropping to its lowest level in nine years. Some retail investors have shifted toward equities and commodities markets. Analysts attribute the absence of retail investors primarily to the cost-of-living crisis and inflationary pressures.
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According to data from Trader T (@thepfund), Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded net inflows of $305 million yesterday, marking a significant rebound from the previous day’s net outflows of $124 million on April 8. Among them, BlackRock’s IBIT accounted for $269 million in net inflows—over 80% of the day’s total; Morgan Stanley’s MSBT saw $14.9 million in net inflows; Bitwise’s BITB recorded $11.73 million; Ark Invest’s ARKB brought in $4.78 million; Franklin Templeton’s EZBC added $2.08 million; and VanEck’s HODL contributed $2.04 million. Fidelity’s FBTC, Invesco’s BTCO, and other products registered zero net inflows that day.
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Castle Labs (@castle_labs) published a post stating that the current crypto market is undergoing a profound paradigm shift—speculative models prioritizing extraction are gradually giving way to investment logic oriented toward revenue generation. The article notes that since 2026, the broader crypto market has performed poorly: most assets have seen sustained price declines, ETF funds have continued flowing out, project shutdowns have intensified, and institutional VC investments have grown increasingly conservative. The key catalysts for this shift were last October’s large-scale liquidation event and the ongoing market reflection triggered by gold consistently outperforming Bitcoin. On the revenue data front, among the roughly 5,700 protocols tracked by DeFiLlama, only 3.5% generated over $100,000 in revenue over the past 30 days—and fewer than 1% actually distributed earnings to token holders. The article focuses on top revenue-generating protocols—including Hyperliquid (HYPE), Pumpdotfun (PUMP), Tron (TRON), Sky (SKY), Jupiter (JUP), Aave (AAVE), and Aerodrome (AERO)—analyzing their price-to-sales ratios (P/S) and token holder return metrics. It argues that protocol revenue—and its capacity to feed value back to token holders—is becoming the core metric investors use to evaluate and select projects. Regarding institutionalization trends, traditional financial giants—including NYSE, Robinhood, BlackRock, and Franklin Templeton—
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