Franklin Templeton CEO: TradFi Underestimates Bitcoin

by Giorgi Kostiuk

2 years ago

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Speech at Jackson Hole Symposium
Comparison with Traditional Payment Systems
Current Investments by Franklin Templeton

Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson expressed concern over the underestimation of Bitcoin by traditional financial institutions.

Speech at Jackson Hole Symposium

Speaking at the Jackson Hole Symposium in Wyoming, Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson stated that traditional financial institutions are underestimating the massive scale of Bitcoin. Johnson mentioned that she spends 30% of her daily work researching innovative technologies.

We have an entire industry that runs almost parallel to traditional finance and ignores the huge cryptocurrency ecosystem. What's crazy to me and what I can't understand is that the traditional financial sector has no idea about the amount and volume of money circulating in the Bitcoin and crypto space. Despite Bitcoin's size, TradFi still ignores BTC.Jenny Johnson

Comparison with Traditional Payment Systems

Johnson pointed out that traditional financial institutions have no idea about the size and volume of Bitcoin. According to her, $36.6 trillion worth of transactions were made on the Bitcoin blockchain last year. Comparing Visa and Mastercard to Bitcoin transactions, the famous CEO noted that global payment networks Mastercard and Visa carried out transactions of $9 trillion and $14.8 trillion respectively. She highlighted, 'Bitcoin's transaction volume doubled the total transaction volume of Mastercard and Visa in 2023.'

Current Investments by Franklin Templeton

Franklin Templeton already has spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs.

The Franklin Templeton CEO emphasizes the significance of cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence, noting that traditional financial institutions fail to recognize the scale of cryptocurrency transactions.

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