Emphasizing institutional preparation in the new era of finance and wealth
The CV Summit unveiled Franklin Templeton and Unblock for 2025, highlighting the institutionalization and utility of blockchain and AI that drive the future of global finance.
Franklin Templeton, one of the world’s largest asset managers, manages more than $1.6 trillion in assets and unblocks the rising blocking of the infrastructure layer for digital consumers and merchants’ payments.
“The participation of Franklin Templeton and Unblock reflects the complete arc of financial transformation. From tokenization of institutional assets to the seamless use of blockchain in everyday finance. CV Summit 2025 is where these once-separated worlds meet to define a new generation of financial infrastructure and delivery. VC is the co-organizer of the CV Summit.
The institutional scale meets blockchain innovations
Franklin Templeton is far beyond blockchain experiments and is currently leading global deployments. Their Benji® technology platform has strengthened tokenized mutual funds, intraday yields and instant payments across nine public blockchains with live products from the US, Luxembourg and Singapore, and is now expanding globally for facility and retail use.
“We have been building blockchain integration solutions since 2017,” said Roger Baston, head of digital assets at Franklin Templeton. “Our presence at the CV Summit reflects our belief that tools like tokenized products, configurable infrastructure, and intraday harvests are the future of finance.
Franklin Templeton will appear in multiple summit sessions. Sandy Kaul, EVP, Head of Innovation, will provide a keynote address on “The Future of Wealth Management,” and Bayston will lead the workshop on tokenized fund infrastructure.
Complementing Franklin Templeton’s institutional leadership, Unblock builds a consumer and merchant rail that enables digital assets to be used in everyday financial lives. Founded by Fintech veteran Oscar Flores and former visa executive Jonathan Palacios, Unblock offers users a frictionless, compliant digital payments infrastructure while receiving their salaries, spending on crypto cards, and remission globally.
“We’re looking forward to seeing you in the future,” said Oscar Flores, CEO of UNBLOCK. “We’re not just building new rails, we’re making the blockchain invisible, but it’s essential. The CV Summit is a proper forum that shows how far Crypto has come in terms of ease of use, compliance and real-world impact.”
Unblock’s participation marks a strategic entry into the European market through Switzerland, focusing on regulatory alignment.
Turning points in finance, banking and wealth generation and management in Switzerland and beyond
Convened in Zurich, one of the world’s leading financial centres adjacent to Crypto Valley, one of the world’s most mature digital asset hubs with over 1,800 active blockchain entities, the CV Summit brings together the pioneers who form the stages of financial evolution. According to the Financial Services Innovation Centre at St. Gallen University, more than 80% of Swiss banks plan to develop or expand their blockchain offerings, highlighting not only Bank 3.0 but Switzerland’s distinct role in driving the rise of blockchain and AI in a new world of wealth management. Many of these will also participate as event partners, including PostFinance and Luzerner Kantonal Bank.
The CV Summit, held at Congress House Zurich from September 23-24, 2025, will bring together 3,000 global decision-makers, investors, financial institutions, asset managers and technology leaders. The agenda spans four tracks: blockchain, artificial intelligence, institutions and digital assets. Also dedicated wealth focused on wealth and investment in this evolutionary era of blockchain and AI technology.
For more information, speakers, agenda highlights and registration, please visit www.cvsummit.ch.
Unblocking as Franklin Templeton and Lead Partners, he first appeared in CV Summit Zurich’s Beincrypto.
