SEC “innovation exemption” is implemented, and tokenized U.S. stocks have officially obtained an on-chain compliant trading channel.
The policy core is clear: qualified Tokenized Securities Venues (TSV) may trade real tokenized NMS stocks through licensed AMM liquidity pools for a period of 5 years. Full shareholder rights (dividends, voting) must be preserved, issuers have the right to exit, and trading requires access control. This is not a blanket liberalization, but a limited pilot path for the market.
The tiered beneficiaries are already fairly clear:
S tier is most direct: UNI (v4 Permissioned Pools strongly aligned with the new AMM rules), ONDO (the core for issuing tokenized stocks and ETFs), LINK (oracles + corporate action data), ARB (relevant L2 infrastructure).
A tier is relatively direct: ETH and SOL as underlying settlement and deployment public chains, with HYPE as the trading layer.
B/C tier ecosystem beneficiaries: lending protocols such as MORPHO (tokenized stocks as collateral), AERO, CAKE, 1INCH, ZRO and other DEXs, aggregators, and cross-chain infrastructure.
So far, UNI and ARB have already surged significantly, while ONDO has also followed. The next market move is more likely to spread to a broader range of DEXs and infrastructure rather than a general bull run across all concept tokens.
This is an important step toward the integration of traditional finance and on-chain markets, but the 5-year term, volume limitations, and compliance hurdles mean it is more like a controlled experiment than a full “bull market switch.” Take a rational view—don’t chase late gains.