Animoca Brands, Franklin Templeton team up to bring tokenized real-world assets to NUVA marketplace
BEN•Animoca Brands and Franklin Templeton entered a strategic collaboration to bring tokenized real-world assets to NUVA, which launched in May 2026. The partners also launched a four-part research series for institutional investors and are exploring tokenization of real-world cultural assets.
1. Collaboration targets NUVA
The strategic collaboration aims to expand NUVA beyond assets based on the Provenance blockchain to offerings from a broader set of issuers. Provenance Blockchain held more than US$30 billion in total value locked as of Sept. 24, 2026. The partners also launched a four-part co-authored research series on tokenization for institutional investors, and said additional details on exploring the co-design and tokenization of real-world cultural assets are expected later in 2026.




