Panel discussion on tokenization of real-world assets featuring Franklin Templeton, Hedera, and Stellar Development Foundation. Speakers highlight operational efficiency gains, institutional adoption of tokenized money market funds and real estate, and the role of blockchain in enabling new financial products and market access.
A panel featuring Rick Golubov (Franklin Templeton), Greg Bell (Hedera), and Lauren Strasberg (Stellar Development Foundation) discusses why tokenization matters for financial institutions and real estate. Franklin Templeton has tokenized U.S. government money market funds on multiple blockchains, enabling daily yield accrual and peer-to-peer transfers. Key benefits include massive cost reductions (from $50,000 to $120 for 50,000 transactions on Stellar), operational efficiency, and new capital distribution channels. Red Swan has tokenized over $107 million in real estate on Stellar. The panel emphasizes that institutional adoption requires legacy system integration, regulatory compliance, secondary market infrastructure, and interoperability across chains. Tokenization enables features impossible on traditional rails, such as intraday cash flows and collateralization for decentralized finance.
