The Money Market Playbook - a conversation with Mike Reed, Franklin Templeton

In this episode, we sit down with Mike Reed, Head of Digital Assets Client Engagement at Franklin Templeton, to explore how traditional finance institutions are building the future of tokenized assets. From his early days in the mail room to leading one of the largest asset managers into the blockchain space, Mike shares the story behind Benji, Franklin Templeton's groundbreaking tokenized money market fund, and reveals why real-time settlement and intraday yield are game-changers for global treasurers and institutional investors. 0:00 Cold Open 0:30 Podcast Intro 0:43 Meet Mike Reed 1:37 From the Mail Room to Digital Assets 3:14 Discovering Bitcoin and Blockchain 4:33 Launching Benji 6:46 Overcoming Internal and Regulatory Hurdles 7:51 Why a Money Market Fund First 12:24 Intraday Yield Explained 14:25 Who's Actually Buying In 20:16 The Regulatory Landscape 23:15 TradFi Meets DeFi 25:59 Looking Ahead to 2030 and Beyond 31:11 Closing Watch the full episode of Inside Digital Assets and subscribe for more conversations on digital assets, tokenized securities, DLT and capital markets infrastructure. #DigitalAssets #Tokenization #Blockchain #Franklin Templeton #Benji #MoneyMarketFund #TradFi #FinTech #RealWorldAssets #DigitalFinance #Regulation #CryptoInstitutional #Web3 #AssetTokenization #CapitalMarkets