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ORGANIZATION
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
ORGANIZATION [Abstract]  
ORGANIZATION
1. ORGANIZATION
 
The Franklin Templeton Digital Holdings Trust (the Trust”) was formed as a Delaware statutory trust on September 6, 2023, and is governed by the provisions of an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated as of January 5, 2024 (the “Declaration of Trust”). The Trust, as registrant is not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”) and is not a commodity pool for purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”). The accompanying financial statements relate to the Trust, as registrant, and the one series that it currently offers, the Franklin Bitcoin ETF (the “Fund”) presented on a combined basis. Separate, series-level financial statements are provided for the Fund in another section of this report. The Trust had no operations prior to the commencement of operations of the Fund on January 11, 2024, other than matters relating to its organization and the registration of the Fund under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Sponsor of the Trust and the Fund (the “Sponsor”) is Franklin Holdings, LLC. The Sponsor is a Delaware limited liability company formed on July 21, 2021. The Sponsor is not subject to regulation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) as a commodity pool operator with respect to the Fund, or a commodity trading advisor with respect to the Fund. The Fund issues shares (the “Shares”), which represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in the Fund. The Shares of the Fund are listed on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (“Cboe BZX Exchange” or the “Exchange”).
 
The Fund seeks to reflect generally the performance of the price of bitcoin before payment of the Fund's expenses. The Shares are intended to offer a convenient means of making an investment similar to an investment in bitcoin relative to acquiring, holding and trading bitcoin directly on a peer-to-peer or other basis or via a digital asset platform. The Shares have been designed to remove obstacles associated with the complexities and operational burdens involved in a direct investment in bitcoin by providing an investment with a value that reflects the price of the bitcoin owned by the Fund at such time, less the Fund's expenses. The Fund is not a proxy for a direct investment in bitcoin. Rather, the Shares are intended to provide a cost-effective alternative means of obtaining investment exposure through the securities markets that is similar to an investment in bitcoin. The Fund is a passive investment vehicle and is not a leveraged product. The Sponsor does not actively manage the bitcoin held by the Fund.
 
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, a division of The Bank of New York Mellon, or “BNYM,” is the Fund’s Administrator (the “Administrator”) and Transfer Agent (the “Transfer Agent”). BNYM also serves as the custodian of the Fund’s cash (the "Cash Custodian").The Administrator is generally responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Fund, including the calculation of the Funds net asset value (“NAV”) per Share. The Bitcoin Custodian is responsible for safekeeping the bitcoin owned by the Fund. The Bitcoin Custodian is Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC (“Coinbase Custody). CSC Delaware Trust Company, a subsidiary of the Corporation Service Company (the Trustee”), is the sole trustee of the Trust. Franklin Distributors, LLC is the marketing agent of the Fund (the “Marketing Agent”).
 
The Fund issues Shares only in Creation Units of 50,000 or multiples thereof. Creation Units are issued and redeemed in exchange for cash. Individual Shares will not be redeemed by the Fund but the Shares are listed and traded on the Exchange under the ticker symbol “EZBC.” The Fund issues Shares in Creation Units on a continuous basis at the applicable NAV per Share on the creation order date. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, the Shares are not redeemable securities.
 
The Trust is an “emerging growth company” as that term is used in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, as such, the Trust may elect to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements.
 
On December 15, 2023, the Seed Capital Investor purchased 4,000 Shares at a per-Share price equal to $25.00 (the “Initial Seed Shares”). Delivery of the Initial Seed Shares was made on December 15, 2023. Total proceeds to the Fund from the sale of the Initial Seed Shares were $100,000. On January 8, 2024, the Initial Seed Shares were redeemed for $100,000 and the Seed Capital Investor purchased two creation units in a cash transaction comprised of a total of 100,000 Shares at a per-Share price based on 29.00000000 bitcoins per Creation Unit (or 0.00058 bitcoins per Share), for a total of 58.00000000 bitcoins (the “Seed Creation Units”). The cash proceeds to the Fund from the sale of the Seed Creation Units were used by the Fund to purchase 58.00000000 bitcoins at the price of $44,973.58 per bitcoin on January 8, 2024. The transaction and other costs incurred in connection with the Seed Creation Units were paid by the Seed Capital Investor and not borne by the Fund. Thus, the ultimate total proceeds to the Fund from the sale of the Seed Creation Units were $2,608,467.81 (an amount representing 58.00000000 bitcoins). The Shares were first listed for trading and the Fund commenced operations on January 11, 2024.
 
The accompanying combined financial statements have been prepared on behalf of the Trust, as registrant, combined with its one currently offered series, the Fund, and for the Fund separately (included below in a separate section of this report).
 
The fiscal year of the Trust and the Fund is March 31st.
Franklin Bitcoin ETF [Member]  
ORGANIZATION [Abstract]  
ORGANIZATION
1. ORGANIZATION
 
The Franklin Templeton Digital Holdings Trust (the Trust”) was formed as a Delaware statutory trust on September 6, 2023, and is governed by the provisions of an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated as of January 5, 2024 (the “Declaration of Trust”). The Trust, as registrant is not registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”) and is not a commodity pool for purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”). The accompanying financial statements relate to the one series that the Trust currently offers, the Franklin Bitcoin ETF (the “Fund”). The Trust had no operations prior to the commencement of operations of the Fund on January 11, 2024, other than matters relating to its organization and the registration of the Fund under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Sponsor of the Trust and the Fund (the “Sponsor”) is Franklin Holdings, LLC. The Sponsor is a Delaware limited liability company formed on July 21, 2021. The Sponsor is not subject to regulation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) as a commodity pool operator with respect to the Fund, or a commodity trading advisor with respect to the Fund. The Fund issues shares (the “Shares”), which represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in the Fund. The Shares of the Fund are listed on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. (“Cboe BZX Exchange” or the “Exchange”).
 
The Fund seeks to reflect generally the performance of the price of bitcoin before payment of the Fund's expenses. The Shares are intended to offer a convenient means of making an investment similar to an investment in bitcoin relative to acquiring, holding and trading bitcoin directly on a peer-to-peer or other basis or via a digital asset platform. The Shares have been designed to remove obstacles associated with the complexities and operational burdens involved in a direct investment in bitcoin by providing an investment with a value that reflects the price of the bitcoin owned by the Fund at such time, less the Fund's expenses. The Fund is not a proxy for a direct investment in bitcoin. Rather, the Shares are intended to provide a cost-effective alternative means of obtaining investment exposure through the securities markets that is similar to an investment in bitcoin. The Fund is a passive investment vehicle and is not a leveraged product. The Sponsor does not actively manage the bitcoin held by the Fund.
 
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing, a division of The Bank of New York Mellon, or “BNYM,” is the Fund’s Administrator (the “Administrator”) and Transfer Agent (the “Transfer Agent”). BNYM also serves as the custodian of the Fund’s cash (the "Cash Custodian"). The Administrator is generally responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Fund, including the calculation of the Funds net asset value (“NAV”) per Share. The Bitcoin Custodian is responsible for safekeeping the bitcoin owned by the Fund. The Bitcoin Custodian is Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC (“Coinbase Custody). CSC Delaware Trust Company, a subsidiary of the Corporation Service Company (the Trustee”), is the sole trustee of the Trust. Franklin Distributors, LLC is the marketing agent of the Fund (the “Marketing Agent”).
 
The Fund issues Shares only in Creation Units of 50,000 or multiples thereof. Creation Units are issued and redeemed in exchange for cash. Individual Shares will not be redeemed by the Fund but the Shares are listed and traded on the Exchange under the ticker symbol “EZBC.” The Fund issues Shares in Creation Units on a continuous basis at the applicable NAV per Share on the creation order date. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, the Shares are not redeemable securities.
 
The Trust is an “emerging growth company” as that term is used in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, as such, the Trust may elect to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements.
 
On December 15, 2023, the Seed Capital Investor purchased 4,000 Shares at a per-Share price equal to $25.00 (the “Initial Seed Shares”). Delivery of the Initial Seed Shares was made on December 15, 2023. Total proceeds to the Fund from the sale of the Initial Seed Shares were $100,000. On January 8, 2024, the Initial Seed Shares were redeemed for $100,000 and the Seed Capital Investor purchased two creation units in a cash transaction comprised of a total of 100,000 Shares at a per-Share price based on 29.00000000 bitcoins per Creation Unit (or 0.00058 bitcoins per Share), for a total of 58.00000000 bitcoins (the “Seed Creation Units”). The cash proceeds to the Fund from the sale of the Seed Creation Units were used by the Fund to purchase 58.00000000 bitcoins at the price of $44,973.58 per bitcoin on January 8, 2024. The transaction and other costs incurred in connection with the Seed Creation Units were paid by the Seed Capital Investor and not borne by the Fund. Thus, the ultimate total proceeds to the Fund from the sale of the Seed Creation Units were $2,608,467.81 (an amount representing 58.00000000 bitcoins). The Shares were first listed for trading and the Fund commenced operations on January 11, 2024.
 
The fiscal year of the Trust and the Fund is March 31st.