SEC to make ‘innovation exemption’ for tokenized stock trading: Report

Several SEC officials reportedly didn’t support the decision, while tokenization platform Securitize flagged risks with enabling third-party platforms to issue tokenized stocks.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly making an “innovation exemption” for blockchain-based tokenized trading of public companies, even those that don’t consent to the third-party tokens tracking their share prices.

Bloomberg reported on Monday that the exemption could come as early as this week, expanding the trading of public companies beyond traditional stock exchanges to decentralized crypto platforms. 

The SEC reportedly spoke with “hundreds of market participants” for feedback on how best to tailor the rules for tokenized trading and proposed that third-party tokens carry the same benefits as common stock, such as voting rights and dividends, or risk being delisted.

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