SEC Establishes Regulatory Pathway for Tokenized Digital Stock Trading
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- Developments
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- Repetition
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What happened
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued an "Innovation Exemption" on September 17, 2026, establishing a regulatory pathway for digital investing. This exemption grants eligible trading venues and liquidity providers regulatory relief to facilitate tokenized stock trading. This move follows the Senate's failure to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act.
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Why it matters
The pathway allows financial firms to experiment with blockchain-based representations of equities. A key potential change is the possibility of near 24/7 trading, which moves markets "onchain". This initiative is part of the SEC's broader "Project Crypto" to explore blockchain infrastructure in U.S. financial markets.
Executives from Coinbase are lobbying the White House and the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act.
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Who's involved
- Securities and Exchange CommissionIssued the Innovation Exemption and established the regulatory pathway for digital investing.
- CoinbaseCEO Brian Armstrong noted that the SEC provided an alternative path after the Senate failed to advance legislation.
- ArmstrongCo-founder and current CEO of Coinbase.
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Executives from companies like Coinbase are lobbying the White House and the SEC regarding the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, which is currently under investigation by the SEC.Also in this story
- Trump urges legislators to pass the CLARITY Act while the SEC Chair proposes new rules for token offerings.
- Armstrong comments on the CLARITY Act and SEC readiness for Coinbase regulation.
The entities involved
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Securities and Exchange Commission
government agency of the Philippines
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Coinbase
American company that operates a cryptocurrency exchange platform
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Senate
Upper house of South Korea
Related events
- SEC regulatory decisions boosted shares of Robinhood and Coinbase, while investors monitored a meeting between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump.
- The SEC issued an order for tokenized stocks, while the Senate blocked the Clarity Act, amid ongoing industry debate.
- Robinhood seeks regulatory approval for tokenized stocks following an SEC Innovation Exemption order.
- An SEC filing is required under US regulations.
- A fund disclosed its holdings, including OpenAI, under SEC review.