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SEC opens door to tokenized U.S. stock trading
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new experiment with tokenized stocks could give an early advantage to a particular corner of crypto: firms that put real securities on blockchains and the decentralized crypto platforms built to trade them in a regulated manner.
Key facts
- The innovation exemption will bring more utility of tokenized assets, benefiting users, leading public blockchains, including Ethereum ETH $2,471.41, Solana (SOL), and BNB Chain BNB $748.92
- Securitize’s stock surged 14% while Bullish’s stock was trading 10% higher on Thursday
- Bullish BLSH $ 34.90
- Market Closed, CoinDesk’s parent company, is also expanding its tokenization business by acquiring the transfer agent Equiniti
- CoinDesk is holding its annual Policy and Regulation summit on Sept. 22 in Washington, D.C., featuring SEC Crypto Task Force Chief Counsel Taylor Lindman
Summary
The SEC’s five-year exemption creates a clearer U.S. path for tokenized stocks that preserve full shareholder rights, potentially benefiting firms such as Securitize, Bullish and Superstate as well as qualifying custodial models like Dinari. Synthetic products from Robinhood, Kraken and Ondo that only provide price exposure fall outside the framework and may need to change their product if they want to enter U.S. markets. The exemption also opens a regulated lane for DeFi, potentially benefiting platforms such as Uniswap, Aerodrome and Raydium, as well as blockchains including Ethereum, Solana and BNB Chain, but KYC and other guardrails could limit how quickly they can participate. The U.S.