SEC's Innovation Exemption: Tokenized Stocks' New Era

Tokenized Markets Still Need Money

After Congress was unable to advance the CLARITY Act in September, the SEC moved ahead with an "Innovation Exemption" allowing certain tokenized U.S. stocks to trade onchain while the agency considers more durable rules.

WORLD NEWS: SEC’s Surprising Crypto Door Cracks Open

The SEC has opened a narrow but real channel for trading tokenized U.S. equities on blockchains—an orthodox use of the agency’s exemptive authority that tests new market plumbing without discarding investor protections. At a Glance The SEC granted temporary, conditional relief for tokenized National Market System (NMS) stocks to trade on qualified on-chain venues using permissioned automated market makers and liquidity pools. The order exempts c…

Watch SEC, CFTC No Sub for Long-Range Laws: Circle's Disparte

Dante Disparte, chief strategy officer and head of global policy at Circle, joins Isabelle Lee and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." SEC last week granted a five-year exemption allowing qualifying venues to trade tokenized US stocks onchain. The move came just days after the Clarity Act failed to advance in the Senate, leaving regulators to press ahead with parts of the crypto agenda without new legislation.

SEC Exemption Could Bring Tokenized U.S. Stocks Into Regulated Finance

The five-year framework eases registration rules for qualified tokenized trading venues and liquidity providers.

Synthetic vs. Direct Tokenized Stocks: Who Wins After The SEC Exemption?

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