**Aptos Labs Expands Horizons with HashPalette Acquisition and Franklin Templeton Partnership 🚀**

- **Aptos Labs** is set to acquire **HashPalette**, a Japanese NFT service provider, aiming to broaden its footprint in Asia. The Palette Chain and HashPalette apps will migrate to the Aptos Network.

- This move, pending customary approvals, will leverage HashPalette’s ties with Japanese businesses, opening doors to influential companies and supporting local Web3 creators.

- In a double whammy, Aptos’ blockchain will host the **Franklin OnChain US Government Money Fund (FOBXX)**, marking a significant step in merging TradFi and DeFi worlds.

- Each fund share is tokenized as a BENJI token, storable in digital wallets.