Traditional Finance Giant Franklin Templeton Files Spot Bitcoin ETF With the SEC
San Mateo-based Franklin Templeton, one of the world's largest global investment managers, has joined the spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) frenzy, filing an application with the US Securities and Exchange Commissi...
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Dubbed the “Franklin Bitcoin ETF,” the fund consists primarily of Bitcoin (BTC) “held by a custodian on behalf of the fund.”...
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