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Ketju research: Franklin OnChain Institutional Liquidity Fund (iBENJI)

RejectedPublished by Ketju Research

This file describes the economic claim, control, loss, and exit evidence. Client action and amount belong to the advisor. Not investment, legal, tax, or compliance advice.

Research summary

iBENJI is the token of Franklin Onchain Institutional Liquidity Fund Ltd., a private money fund that Franklin Advisers manages for institutions. It is not BENJI, the registered fund any client can buy for $20; it runs on the same contract code, and Franklin lists it beside BENJI on its contracts page. On 2026-09-24 there were 1.72 billion iBENJI at $1.00: 198 million on Ethereum and 1.52 billion on BNB Chain, a chain Ketju rejects. The fund is for qualified purchasers. Its only public statement of terms is a Form D filed on 29 May 2025: Rule 506(b), the section 3(c)(7) exclusion, and a $5 million minimum. That filing reports no sales and has never been amended, though the fund now holds $1.72 billion. No offering memorandum, fact sheet, or redemption term is public, and the Form D and rwa.xyz disagree on where the fund is organized. The assessment is adverse. Nothing in the fund suggests poor management; it is Franklin’s. But a client gains nothing from it that BENJI does not give under a prospectus, the terms cannot be read, most of the supply sits on a rejected chain, and the same three single keys that can replace BENJI’s code can replace this one’s.

Observable review triggers

  • Franklin publishes the fund’s offering memorandum or a terms page, and it states the claim, the record keeper, and redemption terms
  • The fund files a Form D amendment that reports its sales and investors
  • ROLE_TOKEN_OWNER moves from single keys to a multisig with a delay on both chains
  • Most of the supply moves to a chain Ketju approves

Facts on file

Verdict
Rejected
Type
Tokenized real-world assets
Chains examined
Ethereum, BSC
Instruments
iBENJI
Reviewed
Last confirmed

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