Franklin OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund
Overview
FOBXX is a US-registered government money market fund in which one share is represented by one BENJI token. The fund's transfer agent keeps the official shareholder register using a proprietary system integrated with several public blockchains. It seeks a stable $1.00 share price, declares income daily and is accessed through the Benji app or an institutional web portal.
At least 99.5% in US government securities, cash, and repurchase agreements collateralised by government securities or cash
Product structure
Lowest eligible investor type: Retail investors
US persons: Accepts US persons
Investor eligibility: Individual and institutional investors buying directly from the fund (intended for US residents); not available via financial intermediaries, employer retirement plans or IRAs
Classification of public offering terms, not a determination of your eligibility. Check the offering documents.- Legal wrapper
- US open-end management investment company (1940 Act), government money market fund under Rule 2a-7; series of a Delaware statutory trust
- Regulatory status
- Registered with the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940; shares registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (Form N-1A)
- Asset segregation
- Assets held by a registered investment company (1940 Act fund) with a third-party bank custodian; no separate SPV disclosed
- Transfer agent
- Franklin Templeton Investor Services, LLC; official record of share ownership maintained via a proprietary blockchain-integrated system
- Tokenization agent
- Franklin Templeton in-house (Benji platform; transfer agent's proprietary blockchain-integrated system)
- Proof of reserve
- Unverified
Redemption & liquidity
- Redemption terms
- Redemptions via Benji app or Institutional Web Portal on business days; proceeds sent by electronic funds transfer (ACH/Fedwire) within seven days of a request in proper form; USD settlement
Fees
Management fee 0.15%; net total annual operating expenses 0.20% after fee waiver through 31 July 2027
On-chain information
StellarPolygonAptosAvalanche C-ChainArbitrumEthereumSolanaBase
Contract addresses: unverified
Notes & material events
Described by Franklin Templeton as the first US-registered fund to use a public blockchain to process transactions and record share ownership. Rated AAAmmf (Fitch) and AAAm (S&P) per rwa.xyz. Smart contracts (Arbitrum deployment) reviewed by Trail of Bits in Sep 2023 per the fund's Arbitrum STEP application. Holder count per rwa.xyz on-chain data.
Revision history
No published revisions.