SEC Proposes New Standards for US Transfer Agents

SEC Proposes New Standards for US Transfer Agents

The proposal would modernize rules largely unchanged since the 1980s, addressing blockchain-based recordkeeping, tokenized securities and increasingly automated market infrastructure.

SEC Moves to Modernize Decades-Old Rules for the Blockchain and AI Era

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) presented a historic proposal to comprehensively modernize transfer agent rules that have been in place since the 1970s. Paul Atkins, Chairman of the regulatory agency, said this reform seeks to bring recordkeeping and settlement in line with modern infrastructure, formally integrating electronic communications, blockchain technology, and artificial intelligence ...

SEC Drafts Major Overhaul of Transfer Agent Rules, Mentions Blockchain

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a significant rewrite of the rules that govern transfer agents—firms responsible for maintaining key records and processing securities transfers. The agency says the overhaul is needed as blockchain-based recordkeeping and tokenized securities move closer to mainstream use in U.S. markets. In a proposal published by the [...]

SEC Moves to Rewrite Wall Street's Rules for the Tokenized Era

Summary: Most federal transfer-agent rules date from the late 1970s and early 1980s. The proposal explicitly accommodates blockchain-based recordkeeping. Transfer […] The post SEC Moves to Rewrite Wall Street’s Rules for the Tokenized Era appeared first on CoinsPress.

SEC proposes broad update to decades-old transfer agent rules with blockchain nod

The proposal would modernize rules largely unchanged since the 1980s, addressing blockchain-based recordkeeping, tokenized securities and increasingly automated market infrastructure.