SEC Grants Temporary Relief for Onchain Trading of Tokenized U.S. Stocks

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted temporary, conditional regulatory relief to platforms seeking to trade tokenized U.S. stocks on blockchain-based infrastructure. The SEC announced the move on September 17, introducing what it calls the “Innovation Exemption.” The framework allows qualifying Tokenized Securities Venues (TSVs) to facilitate permissioned trading of certain tokenized National…