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The cryptocurrency industry has gotten a major boost from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which today announced a five-year exemption that allows companies to facilitate the trading of blockchain-based tokenized stocks and securities.

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a five-year conditional exemption on Thursday letting tokenized National Market System (NMS) stock trade on permissioned automated market makers (AMMs), and Commodity Futures Trading Commission staff opened introducing-broker relief to passive software providers across the industry the same morning. Both actions came two days after the Senate blocked the…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17 announced an “innovation exemption” plan allowing tokenized stocks for the next five years. The move came two days after the U.S. Senate voted down the Clarity Act, legislation aimed at creating a broad supervisory framework for the cryptocurrency market.

The Senate blocked the crypto industry’s market structure bill on Tuesday. On Thursday the Securities and Exchange Commission did a piece of the job itself. An order from the agency lets tokenized versions of U.S. stocks trade on blockchain liquidity pools for the next five years, provided the venue running the pool is American, checks…

CFTC issues no-action relief for passive software providers connecting users to regulated derivatives. Relief allows wallets to offer access to perpetual futures and event contracts without broker registration.

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has raised significant points about the need for no exemptions for decentralized systems like Uniswap. In a recent tweet, @haydenzadams highlighted her assertion that truly decentralized systems do not require special permissions. This commentary could shape how decentralized exchanges operate under U.S. regulations moving forward.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has unveiled an “Innovation Exemption” that grants tokenized securities trading platforms conditional regulatory relief for five years. Platforms that meet the requirements will be able to operate tokenized stock trading services without separate designation as exchanges.

Add preferred source The SEC issued a temporary Innovation Exemption on September 17 allowing tokenized securities venues to trade tokenized NMS stocks, two days after the Senate blocked the CLARITY Act with a 49-50 cloture vote. The exemption, which SEC Chairman Paul Atkins described as a bridge toward durable rulemaking, could enable on-chain trading of…

Add preferred source Crypto.com-affiliated exchange Nadex has received SEC acknowledgment of its Form 1-N filing, completing the dual-agency regulatory requirements needed to offer single-stock futures in the United States. CEO Kris Marszalek confirmed the company is now authorized to bring the products to market through OG.com, its CFTC-regulated trading platform. The development builds on a…

A rift is widening inside President Donald Trump’s administration over how tightly to regulate artificial intelligence. Senior aides worried about cyberattacks, biological weapons and threats to critical infrastructure are pressing for stronger safeguards. Trump and some technology executives, citing competition with China, want to preserve a light-touch approach.