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Franklin Templeton Digital Assets Core Crypto Capped SMA Q2 2025 Commentary

Summary Despite some uncertainty around macroeconomic factors that led to global market volatility, portfolio performance was positive for Q2 ￰0￱ continued to see demand by institutional investors including corporate treasuries, reaching a historic price milestone of ~$112k in ￰1￱ a relative basis, all sectors contributed to the portfolio's positive ￰2￱ terms of sector allocation, we saw a decrease in the infrastructure sector, and an increase in currency, smart contract platforms and decentralized finance-focused ￰3￱ believe emerging blockchain technologies offer capital appreciation opportunities through selective exposure to their underlying ￰4￱ Takeaways Markets: US stocks were volatile due to concerns over the impact of Trump's tariffs on economic growth, inflation, and Fed policy, with fears of recession or ￰5￱ traditional market volatility, positive momentum around regulation led cryptocurrency markets to rebound during the second quarter of 2025 (Q2 25).

Contributors: Most holdings were positive contributors to the portfolio, including tokens in the Currency, Smart Contract Platforms, Infrastructure, and Decentralized Finance sectors. Detractors: Two tokens from the Smart Contract Platforms sector, Polkadot (DOT-USD) and Optimism (OP-USD), and one Infrastructure token, FileCoin (FIL-USD), had slight negative contributions to the portfolio. Outlook: We believe that new blockchain technologies have the potential for capital appreciation that can be captured through strategic selection of their underlying ￰6￱ believe emerging blockchain technologies offer capital appreciation opportunities through selective exposure to their underlying ￰7￱ moves by the Trump Administration and several ￰8￱ governments to establish cryptocurrency reserves, establish rules for stablecoins and provide regulatory clarity on the market structure for digital assets aim to position the ￰9￱ a leading crypto ￰10￱ Review

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