Franklin Templeton is a global asset management firm that reported $1.68 trillion in assets under management as of March 2026. Franklin Templeton's Twitter Score is 32 out of 1000 as of September 2026, ranking #29,735 (top 10%) among 486,621 tracked accounts.
Franklin Templeton was founded by Rupert H. Johnson Sr. and is affiliated with Franklin Resources, Inc. and Franklin Venture Partners. The firm also maintains an affiliation with Binance. Among its notable claims, Franklin Templeton says it launched the first U.S. registered mutual fund to use public blockchains for processing transactions and recording share ownership, a milestone that placed it among the earliest traditional asset managers to integrate distributed-ledger infrastructure into a regulated fund product.
Franklin Templeton has expanded its digital-assets lineup to include the Franklin Crypto Index ETF (EZPZ), the Franklin Bitcoin ETF (EZBC), and the Franklin Ethereum ETF (EZET), offering investors regulated exposure across major crypto assets. These products sit alongside the firm's broader tokenization and venture-investing activities, reflecting a sustained institutional push into the digital-asset space.
Franklin Templeton's portfolio includes Amberdata, Figment, Teller, Metaversal, LayerZero, Sui, SHRAPNEL Play Now On Steam and Aptos.
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The accounts that follow Franklin Templeton include 111 founders, 26 angel investors, 52 influencers and 9 VCs. Among them are Balaji, Laura Shin, Sandeep, Mario Nawfal, Arbitrum and DeFi Dad defidad.eth. Franklin Templeton has been mentioned by 253 accounts, with 475 total mentions. Franklin Templeton has published 10,484 posts and has 104,462 followers as of September 2026 on the platform.