UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K ~~Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934~~

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 24, 2025
FRANKLIN CRYPTO INDEX ETF A SERIES OF FRANKLIN CRYPTO TRUST SPONSORED BY FRANKLIN HOLDINGS, LLC (Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	333-281615 (Commission File Number)	99-6871401 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
One Franklin Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94403-1906 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 312-2000
Not Applicable (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 8, 2026

FRANKLIN CRYPTO INDEX ETF

A SERIES OF FRANKLIN CRYPTO TRUST

SPONSORED BY FRANKLIN HOLDINGS, LLC

(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware	001-42529	99-6871401
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

One Franklin Parkway,

San Mateo, CA 94403-1906

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 312-2000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class ~~Trading symbol~~Tradingsymbol(s) Name of each ~~exchange~~exchangeon on which registered Shares of Franklin Crypto Index ETF EZPZ CBOE BZX Exchange, Inc.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 85.0102 -Departure ~~Other~~of ~~Events~~Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

~~Changes~~On toMay 8, ~~Underlying~~2026, ~~Index~~Christoper ~~Constituents~~Berarducci was appointed as the Chief Accounting Officer and ~~Fund~~Treasurer ~~Investments~~of ~~Under~~Franklin Holdings, LLC (the ~~Generic~~“Sponsor”), ~~Listing~~the ~~Standards~~sponsor of Franklin Crypto Index ETF (the “Fund”). Also on May 8, 2026, Christopher Kings was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the Sponsor.

~~The~~Mr. Berarducci, ~~Fund~~51, ~~generally~~has ~~seeks~~served toas ~~reflect~~Chief ~~the~~Accounting ~~price~~Officer and Treasurer of the ~~digital~~Sponsor ~~assets~~since ~~included~~May in2026; ~~the~~as CFVice ~~Institutional~~President, ~~Digital~~Fund ~~Asset~~Administration ~~Index~~and –Reporting ~~US–Settlement~~of ~~Price~~Franklin ~~(the “Underlying~~Templeton ~~Index”).~~since CF2020; ~~Benchmarks~~and ~~Ltd.~~as ~~(“Index~~Treasurer ~~Provider”)~~since ~~has~~2010 ~~announced~~and ~~that~~Principal ~~effective~~Financial ~~December~~Officer 1,since ~~2025,~~2019 ~~the~~of ~~Underlying~~certain ~~Index~~funds ~~will~~associated ~~add~~with ~~several~~Legg ~~new~~Mason & ~~digital~~Co. ~~asset~~or ~~constituents~~its affiliates. AsMr. Berarducci ofpreviously ~~December~~served 1as, ~~2025,~~Managing ~~the~~Director ~~constituents~~(2020), ofDirector ~~the~~(2015 ~~Underlying~~to ~~Index will be Bitcoin~~2020), ~~Ether,~~and ~~XRP,~~Vice ~~Solana,~~President ~~Dogecoin,~~(2011 ~~Cardano,~~to ~~Stellar~~2015) ~~Lumens,~~of ~~and~~Legg ~~Chainlink~~Mason & Co.

InMr. Kings, ~~reliance~~51, onhas ~~the~~served ~~new~~as ~~rules~~Chief ~~adopted~~Financial byOfficer ~~Cboe~~of ~~BZX Exchange, Inc. (~~the ~~“Exchange”)~~Sponsor ~~and~~since ~~approved~~May by2026 ~~the U.S. Securities~~ and ~~Exchange~~Senior ~~Commission~~Vice ~~(the~~President ~~“SEC”) (SR-CboeBZX-2025-104) (the “Generic Listing Standards”), the Fund is permitted to hold additional digital assets that are constituents~~ of ~~the~~Franklin ~~Underlying~~Templeton ~~Index~~Services, ~~rather~~LLC ~~than~~since ~~being~~2024. ~~limited to Bitcoin and Ether~~Mr. Kings ~~Accordingly,~~previously onserved ~~or about December 1, 2025, the Fund will invest~~ in ~~Bitcoin,~~other ~~Ether,~~positions ~~XRP,~~within ~~Solana,~~Franklin ~~Dogecoin,~~Templeton ~~Cardano,~~including ~~Stellar~~as ~~Lumens,~~Vice ~~and~~President ~~Chainlink~~of inGlobal ~~approximately~~Fund ~~the~~Administration & ~~same~~Reporting ~~weights as they represent~~ in ~~the~~EMEA; ~~Underlying Index. The Underlying Index will remain subject to quarterly rebalancing schedule~~ and ~~other~~as ~~Underlying~~an ~~Index~~officer ~~constituents~~of ~~may~~certain befunds ~~added or removed from time to time~~ in ~~accordance~~the ~~with~~Franklin ~~the~~Templeton ~~Index~~fund ~~Provider’s~~complex ~~Index~~for ~~Rules~~at ~~and~~least the ~~Generic~~past ~~Listing~~five ~~Standards~~years.

~~The~~In ~~Sponsor~~addition, ~~will~~effective ~~continue~~May 8, to2026, ~~monitor~~Vivek Pai resigned as Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer of the ~~Underlying~~Sponsor ~~Index’s~~and ~~composition~~Matthew Hinkle resigned as Vice President and ~~will~~Chief ~~adjust~~Financial Officer of the ~~Fund~~Sponsor. Mr. Hinkle and Mr. Pai’s ~~holdings~~respective indecisions ~~order~~ to ~~replicate~~resign were not the ~~Underlying~~result ~~Index, subject~~of toany ~~the~~dispute ~~requirements~~or ~~set~~disagreement ~~forth~~with inthe Sponsor or the ~~Generic~~Fund ~~Listing~~on ~~Standards~~any ~~and~~matter ~~its~~relating ~~Second~~to ~~Amended~~the ~~and~~Fund’s ~~Restated~~operations, ~~Declaration~~policies ofor ~~Trust~~practices.

~~Changes to Creation and Redemption Process~~2

The Fund is also disclosing that the Sponsor will now allow for Authorized Participants to conduct in-kind creation and redemption transactions for Creation Units of the Fund, in addition to the current cash creation and redemption process.

In connection with these changes, the Fund is also filing a prospectus supplement to update and supplement certain information contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-281615).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the ~~registrant~~Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Franklin Crypto Index ETF
Date: November 24, 2025	By:	/s/ David Mann
		David Mann President and Chief Executive Officer


FRANKLIN HOLDINGS LLC, in its capacity as sponsor of Franklin Crypto Trust (registrant)

By:		/s/ David Mann*
		David Mann
		President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: May 8, 2026

*	The registrant is a trust and the person is signing in his capacity as an officer of Franklin Holdings, LLC, the Sponsor of the registrant.

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