Roger Bayston, Head of digital assets at Franklin Templeton, joined me to discuss the firms tokenization strategy and the future of finance.

Get to know Roger:

• Metaverse – Basketball
• Favorite food – Tacos
• Favorite musician/artist – Green Day
• Favorite movie – Godfather series
• Favorite book – Hohn Irving novels
• Hobby – Fitness activities

Topics:

• Franklin’s Benji technology and Tokenization initiatives
• Tokenization market outlook
• Future of Finance
• Permissioned vs Public blockchains
• Clarity Act and Crypto Regulation impact

Links:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogerbayston/
• https://www.franklintempleton.com/

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Timestamps

00:02:05 Roger’s background

00:08:04 Why Blockchain & Tokenization

00:16:44 Will FT develop a Permissioned chain?

00:21:02 Binance partnership

00:25:06 Risks with Tokenization

00:32:00 Tokenization marker & Future Finance

00:39:22 FT Crypto Wallets

00:46:15 Clarity Act impact

00:58:09 Wrap up question

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