

Franklin Crypto Index ETF
$20.90+0.15 (+0.71%)
- 0.19%
- $17M
- −32.5%
- 0M sh
- $20.66
- low $14.40high $31.02
The ETF.net EZPZ Grade
Score 77 out of 100
- 1 of 10
Score 77 of 100 falls in the A band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A90 out of 100Rank 1 of 10Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 6Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D32 out of 100Rank 7 of 10Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B68 out of 100Rank 3 of 10Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B60 out of 100Rank 4 of 10
Our read on EZPZ
AFranklin's answer to crypto baskets is the boring one, in the best sense: hold the coins in the CF Institutional Digital Asset Index at their index weights, and charge a 0.00% expense ratio while most of the category charges real money.
The Fund seeks to track the performance of the CF Institutional Digital Asset Index – US–Settlement Price by holding the index's digital assets in approximately their index weights.
Why people hold it
- The fee line reads 0.00%. In this cohort the typical charge is 0.59%, and one rival basket (BITW) lists 2.50%, so the pricing gap is the whole pitch.
- Direct ownership, not derivatives: the fund holds the index's digital assets in approximately their index weights. No futures stack, no swap counterparty, no house-built proxy basket.
- It follows an outside benchmark (the CF Institutional Digital Asset Index, US Settlement Price) and sticks to that mandate closely, one of the tighter implementations among multi-coin crypto funds.
- Franklin Templeton runs it, so the plumbing sits inside a large, long-established asset manager rather than a crypto-native startup.
Worth knowing
- A 2025 launch that trades thinly. Light volume can mean wider bid-ask spreads, which show up in your fill price rather than on the fee line.
- Crypto's swings pass straight through: no buffer, no hedge, no cash cushion. The coins also generate no income, and the fund has not paid distributions.
- A zero fee is a sponsor's choice, not a permanent feature of the product. The current prospectus is where the fee actually in force is stated.
EZPZ Holdings
- Other
- 7
- 100%
- Bitcoin
EZPZ Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | EZPZ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −8.3% |
| 1 month | +5.7% |
| 3 months | +30.7% |
| 1 year | −32.5% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | EZPZ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −8.3% | |
| 2025 | −6.1% |
EZPZ in the news
EZPZ Dividends
No distributions in the last 12 months.
EZPZ Risk
- 43.8%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.11
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −56.6%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.13
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
EZPZ Cost
- The middle half of Spot Crypto Basket funds
- Median 0.58%
No Spot Crypto Basket fund charges less.
Other funds in Spot Crypto Basket
- BNCIQHashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index US ETFExpense ratio 0.25%1 year return −32.9%
- BGDLCGrayscale CoinDesk Crypto 5 ETFExpense ratio 0.59%1 year return −33.1%
- BVAVXVanEck Avalanche ETFExpense ratio 0.20%1 year return —
- BBITWBitwise 10 Crypto Index ETFExpense ratio 0.75%1 year return −32.5%
- CTKNZT. Rowe Price Active Crypto ETFExpense ratio 0.90%1 year return —




