SEC launches five-year innovation exemption for tokenized U.S. stocks

SEC launches five-year innovation exemption for tokenized U.S. stocks

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2026-09-18 02:24:43
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has introduced a five-year "innovation exemption" that would allow eligible platforms to trade tokenized U.S. stocks carrying full shareholder rights. The move creates a limited and conditional compliance path for on-chain securities in the United States. At the center of the policy is the question of how tokenized equities can operate within a regulated framework. The exemption does not open the market without restrictions; it applies only to platforms that meet the stated eligibility requirements. Even so, the measure is being framed as a concrete step toward giving tokenized U.S. equities a formal route into the regulated market structure.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has rolled out a five-year "innovation exemption" that would let eligible platforms trade tokenized U.S. stocks with full shareholder rights.

It sets up a narrow, conditional path to compliance for the U.S. on-chain securities market. The real focus: how tokenized equities could move into a regulated framework.

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