Animoca Brands, Franklin Templeton Expand NUVA Tokenized Asset Access

Animoca Brands and Franklin Templeton are expanding NUVA’s planned access to institutional tokenized real-world assets, broadening the marketplace beyond products linked to the Provenance Blockchain.

The companies announced the strategic collaboration Oct. 9, 2026, and launched a four-part research series focused on tokenization, real-world assets and the infrastructure used by institutional investors. They are also exploring the co-design of tokenized cultural assets, with further details expected later in 2026.

NUVA is a vault marketplace co-incubated by Animoca Brands and Nuva Labs. It was developed as a distribution platform connecting issuers of real-world assets with investors and was designed to support tokenized assets across blockchain networks.

NUVA’s earlier launch plan centered on vaults backed by Figure Technologies’ YLDS and home equity line of credit assets on Provenance. Provenance held more than $30 billion in total value locked as of Sept. 24, 2026.

Franklin Templeton had $1.83 trillion in assets under management as of Aug. 31, 2026. The firm has also developed blockchain-based investment products, while the new research series examines how tokenization may affect asset access, portfolio construction and institutional workflows.

“The convergence of traditional finance and digital assets has gone from the theoretical to being a real infrastructure play,” Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, said.

Sandy Kaul, head of digital assets and innovation at Franklin Templeton, said tokenization is “moving beyond simply putting traditional assets on blockchain rails.”

The collaboration’s next disclosed milestone is the release of further details on the potential tokenized cultural assets later in 2026.