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The SEC proposed changes to its transfer agent rules, which it says have not been significantly updated since the rules were proposed in the late 1970s.The changes come as transfer agents increasingly operate in electronic markets and alongside emerging technologies such as tokenized securities and artificial intelligence.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking to update its rules for transfer agents to keep pace with new technology, including blockchain and tokenization.
On Tuesday, the SEC proposed changes to its transfer agent rules, which it says have not been significantly updated since the rules were proposed in the late 1970s. Transfer agents serve as recordkeepers for securities, maintaining ownership records and handling corporate actions such as mergers and dividend distributions. They also play a key role in the clearing and settlement process.
"This proposal would streamline and modernize the Commission’s rules to reflect transfer agents’ current processes and operations, including the use of electronic communications and blockchain technology in connection with securities offerings and the transfer of shares," said SEC Chair Paul Atkins in a statement.
The rule changes would "modernize" certain terminology "in light of technological advancements" and update rules on the use of electronic systems, according to a fact sheet.
AI, tokenization advances
The changes come as transfer agents increasingly operate in electronic markets and alongside emerging technologies such as tokenized securities and artificial intelligence. Some market participants are exploring blockchain-based systems for maintaining securities ownership records, the SEC said.
"Transfer agents interacting with tokenized securities, distributed ledger technologies, and smart contracts must increasingly manage risks relating to blockchain data integrity, security of tokenized securities, and distributed ledger operational models, while those adopting AI or automated technologies must ensure proper controls, accurate representations of system capabilities, and effective oversight of automated processes," the agency said in its 421-page rule change.
Injective $INJ recently became an SEC-registered transfer agent, which it says gives it a regulated way to keep track of who owns tokenized assets and how those change hands. Other firms, including Securitize and tZERO, are also registered transfer agents.
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, who will be at the agency for the next several weeks, said she was happy to see the rule change before leaving.
"I am pleased to support it and, although I will not be here to assist, I will be cheering the Commission from the outside as it finalizes the rule," Peirce said.
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Why the inclusion of XRP sets this ETF apart
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T. Rowe Price has received SEC approval for an actively managed crypto ETF that includes exposure to XRP, marking a significant move for one of the largest traditional asset managers stepping into the digital asset fund space.
The approval, filed under the NYSE Arca rule change SR-NYSEArca-2025-77, paves the way for the fund to list and trade on the NYSE Arca. The product is structured as an actively managed ETF, meaning the portfolio managers at T. Rowe Price will have discretion over asset allocation instead of tracking a fixed index.

Forty thousand people showed up at The Venetian in Las Vegas for Bitcoin 2026. But the most important conversation at the conference isn't happening on the main stage. It's happening on the conference floor, in hotel lobbies, and on social media — and it's a fundamental disagreement about what Bitcoin is for.The Bitcoin 2026 Conference at The Venetian Resort exposed a widening tension that has been building since institutional adoption began reshaping who holds Bitcoin. While the event's speaker list reads like a roll call of institutional power, early Bitcoin adopters were voicing sharp criticism on the conference floor, arguing that an event built around regulator appearances, corporate treasury panels, and ETF product showcases has abandoned the counterculture ethos that built Bitcoin as a tool to route around exactly those institutions.
Simon Dixon, an inaugural conference speaker and early Bitcoin investor, put it directly: "Let's face it, this Bitcoin conference is compromised. Bitcoin is open source code. It's a big mistake not to understand the difference." His specific criticism was that marketing custody products, ETFs, and corporate treasury strategies to Bitcoiners promotes tools that undermine the individual sovereignty the protocol was built to deliver.
The institutional camp's position is equally coherent. When 40,000 people attend. When the Attorney General and FBI Director appear on stage to declare that code is free speech. When the SEC Chair uses the conference to announce the biggest regulatory re-classification in crypto history — that looks a lot like winning. LaikalabsLaikalabsAnd what SEC Chair Atkins announced is genuinely significant. Paul Atkins outlined a new regulatory framework that separates digital securities from digital commodities, with most digital assets classified under the latter category. He described it as "Project Crypto" — a Commission-wide initiative to modernize securities rules for digital assets and establish a new token taxonomy.
Lummis announced that the CLARITY Act markup will happen in May. MARA Holdings announced the MARA Foundation focused on quantum resistance and network stewardship. The quantum threat to Bitcoin's cryptography warranted its own dedicated conference panel, following BIP 361's release — a three-phase proposal to migrate Bitcoin toward quantum-resistant outputs.
Here's the honest tension at the heart of this debate. The cypherpunks are right that Bitcoin was built to route around institutions. They are also watching those institutions pour in capital, create regulatory frameworks, and advocate for Bitcoin in rooms that were previously closed to it. The institutions are right that adoption at scale requires regulatory clarity, institutional infrastructure, and mainstream distribution. They are also building systems that, by design, reintroduce intermediaries into a protocol that was explicitly designed to eliminate them. LaikalabsLaikalabsBoth things are simultaneously true. Bitcoin can be a tool of financial sovereignty AND an asset class held in BlackRock's ETF. The question isn't which version is "real Bitcoin." The question is whether the protocol's core properties — decentralization, fixed supply, no permission needed — survive as the institutions build their rails on top of it.That's the debate that matters. Not whether the conference sold out to Wall Street. But whether the protocol itself remains what it was designed to be, regardless of who holds it.
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