Sandy Kaul: Tokenization, AI & Wallets Will Redefine Global Finance in 5 Years

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Oct 6, 2025

Sandy Kaul, Head of Innovation at Franklin Templeton, unpacks the future of global finance centered around tokenization and blockchain technology. She highlights how these advancements will enable assets to be traded 24/7 with instantaneous settlements. Kaul also delves into the benefits of innovative strategies like looping for yield enhancement and the integration of AI in portfolio management, suggesting a radical transformation in how investors interact with their assets and technology.

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ANECDOTE

Why Franklin Ran Nodes After Launch

Launching a tokenized money market required holding native chain crypto to pay transaction fees.
Franklin then ran validator nodes and earned rewards, accelerating their native crypto engagement.

INSIGHT

Instant Settlement Enables Fairer Yield

Tokenized funds enable intraday pro-rata yield allocation and daily payouts, impossible in legacy systems.
Franklin pays yields on weekends and fractionally by holding period because trades settle instantly.

INSIGHT

Client Segments And Wallet Portfolios

Current clients are crypto natives, protocol treasuries, VCs, exchanges, and emerging demand from advisors and neo-brokers.
Franklin builds multi-asset model portfolios that can exist in a wallet combining crypto and traditional assets.

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Franklin Templeton’s Head of Innovation, Sandy Kaul, joins CoinFund President Chris Perkins to explain why the next five years will bring more change to global finance than the last fifty. She reveals how tokenization, AI, and wallet-based systems are creating a fully digital investing world, where every asset settles instantly, trades 24/7, and lives securely on blockchain. Kaul discusses Franklin Templeton’s pioneering tokenized money market fund, its patented crypto wallet technology, and cutting-edge strategies like looping. She also explores how AI will manage portfolios, safeguard smart contracts, and transform the relationship between investors and technology.

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