Sep 17, 2026 · 49 min · 11 segments
What happens when trillions of dollars in traditional finance start moving onchain? Christopher Perkins, Head of Franklin Crypto at Franklin Templeton, joins AllInCrypto to explain why institutional…
Christopher PerkinsGuest
Rupert PickeringHost
Certainly in the traditional financial space, it's remarkable from a US perspective just how many leaders in the financial sector actually have a military background.
I wonder, are you seeing that in crypto now? Are you seeing lots of military people...
prior military people showing up in Krypton? Maybe that's a bullish sign, I guess.
Why? Because we're used to operating in very risky environments where...
And again, like that helps my experience, you know, personally helped shape, helped me navigate the last five years, which some of which were very difficult from a regulatory perspective.
We have a small association called Veterans of Digital Assets where we try to connect, which is just pretty cool.
You know, just to remark on that, like I say, we've interviewed a lot of people, certainly from the traditional financial space, and it's remarkable how many of them actually have a military background that they would accredit, just like you did just there, to some of their success, certainly around risk management and kind of making calculated decisions.
So I'm sure we're going to get onto various elements of sort of Franklin Crypto as we go throughout this.
Certainly in the traditional financial space, it's remarkable from a US perspective just how many leaders in the financial sector actually have a military background.
I wonder, are you seeing that in crypto now? Are you seeing lots of military people...
prior military people showing up in Krypton? Maybe that's a bullish sign, I guess.
Why? Because we're used to operating in very risky environments where...
And again, like that helps my experience, you know, personally helped shape, helped me navigate the last five years, which some of which were very difficult from a regulatory perspective.
We have a small association called Veterans of Digital Assets where we try to connect, which is just pretty cool.
You know, just to remark on that, like I say, we've interviewed a lot of people, certainly from the traditional financial space, and it's remarkable how many of them actually have a military background that they would accredit, just like you did just there, to some of their success, certainly around risk management and kind of making calculated decisions.
So I'm sure we're going to get onto various elements of sort of Franklin Crypto as we go throughout this.
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