SEC grants temporary exemption for tokenized US stock trading

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: Cointelegraph
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What happened

The SEC’s Innovation Exemption allows limited tokenized US stock trading on onchain venues with trading caps and transparency requirements.

Key facts

  • Reported by Cointelegraph and published Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:34:17 UTC.

Why it matters

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What to watch next

  • Whether spot volume and open interest confirm the move
  • Liquidation clusters around the current price
  • ETF flow data and any regulatory follow-up

Coverage timeline

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  1. SEC rolls out long-awaited 'innovation exemption' for tokenized securities venues

  2. It’s here — SEC releases long-awaited innovation exemption to ‘bring America’s capital markets into the digital age’

  3. Ratings giant S&P Global acquires OpenZeppelin in tokenized finance risk push

  4. SEC Cracks Open the Door for Wall Street Stocks to Trade Onchain

  5. SEC grants temporary exemption for tokenized US stock trading

  6. OG.com cleared by SEC to offer single-stock futures, says Crypto.com CEO

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The SEC just gave a limited slice of the U.S. stock market permission to do something that sounds more like crypto than Wall Street: trade tokenized stocks through onchain automated market makers and liquidity pools. Under an exemption approved Sept.

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