By Isaac • June 19, 2026 3:28 pm •
Franklin Templeton wants to make bitcoin accumulation something that happens in the background while you hold ordinary stocks.
On June 18, 2026, the firm filed with the SEC to launch two ETFs that take the dividends paid by U.S. companies and reinvest that cash into bitcoin exposure.
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The two proposed funds are the Franklin US Equity Bitcoin DRIP Index ETF and the Franklin US Innovation Bitcoin DRIP Index ETF.
Bitcoin remains the largest crypto asset by market capitalization in CoinGecko’s current June 19 data, so this is another institutional wrapper aimed squarely at the top of the market.
🔥 NEW: Franklin Templeton has filed for the Franklin US Equity Bitcoin DRIP Index ETF, which reinvests
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