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SEC issues “Innovation Exemption” for trading of tokenized NMS stock
Read the item · published 2026-09-17
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… authority, to bring America's capital markets into the digital age by facilitating onchain trading of certain tokenized stocks through the 'Innovation Exemption,'" said SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins in a statement . "The Innovation Exemption, while temporary, would allow TSVs to trade tokenized NMS stock in a permissioned environment today while the Commission considers the need for additional action to facilitate onchain trading. As we take this important first step, we invite public comment on all aspects of the Innovation Exemption to help inform the Commission as it considers further changes." "Today's approval of exemptive relief for on-chain secondary trading on a TSV – …
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“would allow TSVs to trade tokenized NMS stock in a permissioned environment today while the Commission considers the need for additional action to facilitate onchain trading.”
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