Franklin Templeton CEO: All ETFs & Mutual Funds Will Be Tokenized | Wyoming Blockchain Symposium

Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson sat down with SALT CEO John Darsie to discuss her journey to an early digital asset investment strategy, as leader of one of the of the world's most prominent traditional financial institutions. She walks through the Franklin Templeton history, the power of tokenization for institutions and the company's approach to blockchain infrastructure. Johnson finishes with a her perspective on the digital asset regulatory policy and answers crypto adoption critics.

SALT Partnered with Kraken, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, and the University of Wyoming Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation to launch a new digital finance conference. The highly curated, invitation-only event brought together 250+ leading investors, entrepreneurs and policymakers in the digital assets ecosystem for focused discussion and unique networking experiences in the beautiful Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

The goal of the event is to:
1. Catalyze more forward-thinking digital assets regulation;
2. Create a more decentralized, rather than centrally-planned, global financial system; and
3. Drive greater institutional understanding and adoption of blockchain infrastructure.

Recorded Aug 20, 2024 at the Four Seasons Jackson Hole

For more: https://www.salt.org/events/2024-wyoming

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Chapters:
0:00 - Journey to digital assets
5:12 - Franklin Templeton history
7:56 - Tokenization potential & institutions' hesitancy
10:40 - Building blockchain infrastructure
14:56 - ETFs & mutual funds on blockchain
17:14 - Digital asset regulatory policy
19:20 - Answering crypto critics