đđ SEC & CFTC Open the Door for Onchain Finance đ„ U.S. regulators are taking fresh steps to bring traditional financial markets on-chain, just days after the CLARITY Act failed to advance in the Senate. đ Key Developments: âïž SEC launches Innovation Exemption â Certain Tokenized Securities Venues (TSVs) can facilitate trading of tokenized U.S. stocks through permissioned AMM liquidity pools without being treated as traditional exchanges. âïž Five-year framework â The exemption is temporary and conditional, allowing regulators to observe real-world market activity before developing longer-term rules. âïž Real ownership required â Eligible tokenized stocks must provide holders with the same core rights as the underlying securities, including dividends and voting rights. Synthetic stock tokens are excluded. âïž CFTC expands no-action relief â Qualifying developers of passive trading software can avoid introducing-broker registration requirements when connecting users with registered derivatives firms and markets, subject to conditions. đ Why it matters: The moves create clearer regulatory pathways for tokenized securities, AMM-based trading venues and crypto trading infrastructure in the U.S., while keeping the framework limited and conditional.
