Franklin is a General Partner at Pantera Capital, with over 10 years of building and investing in blockchain. Since joining Pantera in 2019, Franklin has led investments across DeFi, infrastructure, and web3 gaming. He serves on the boards of Pintu, Mezo, InfiniGods, Helika, Rarimo Labs, and MakersPlace, and has worked closely with teams like Alchemy, Offchain Labs (Arbitrum), and Cega (acquired). Prior to joining Pantera, Franklin was a founding member of JPMorgan’s blockchain team, now known as Onyx. He led the firm’s earliest blockchain research efforts in 2014 and shaped early product strategy across digital assets, payments, and asset tokenization. During that time, the bank partnered with organizations like zCash and Consensys on projects that have since evolved into industry-leading platforms, such as JPM Coin, Quorum (acquired by Consensys), and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance. In 2018, Franklin co-founded Scale8 Partners, a blockchain-focused venture studio partnering with early-stage founders across the crypto ecosystem, including DeFi protocols, exchanges, and infrastructure projects. He began his venture career in 2011 at ff Venture Capital, one of New York’s best-performing early-stage VC funds.