The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released an official statement, with Director of Trading and Markets Jamie Selway announcing at the Piper Sandler Global Exchange and Fintech Conference that Chairman Paul Atkins has directed the division to advance the framework for listing and trading tokenized securities. Selway emphasized that the guiding principle is to "promote innovation without creating regulatory arbitrage," meaning the framework will support technological advancement while strictly upholding market integrity and investor protection.
Simultaneously, the SEC is actively collaborating with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to harmonize their regulatory policies concerning digital assets. The two agencies are conducting parallel evaluations of multiple new product proposals and reviewing existing rules for lack of clarity or cross-agency compatibility, aiming to enhance regulatory consistency and reduce compliance uncertainties for the industry. This move signals a major step by US federal financial regulators in addressing the opportunities and challenges posed by securities tokenization.