SEC Greenlights Tokenized U.S. Stock Trading — SkimNews
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- SEC issued a five-year exemption (per Reuters) that opens the door to tokenized trading of U.S. equities domestically, with one outlet describing the action as greenlighting "crypto-style trading of U.S. stocks."
- Securitize shares jumped after the regulator's green light, per CNBC's headline, making the tokenization platform the most immediate named beneficiary in the coverage.
Why it matters: The SEC's five-year exemption gives crypto platforms legal cover to offer tokenized U.S. equities domestically for the first time, directly benefiting firms like Securitize whose shares jumped on the news. The WSJ's "come ashore" framing implies this trading was already occurring offshore and is now being formalized under U.S. rules.
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