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  "id": 8029373,
  "title": "The US SEC unveils a five-year \"Innovation Exemption\" to free platforms that facilitate blockchain and tokenized stock trading from many stock exchange rules (Hannah Lang/Reuters)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/the-us-sec-unveils-a-five-year-innovation-exemption-to-free-platforms",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-17T13:36:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.reuters.com/world/us-securities-regulator-rolls-out-five-year-exemption-tokenized-stock-trading-2026-09-17/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has introduced a five-year \"Innovation Exemption\" that allows platforms facilitating blockchain and tokenized stock trading to operate without being subject to many stock exchange rules. This exemption, according to the SEC, is a temporary measure to bring America's capital markets into the digital age by facilitating on-chain trading of certain tokenized stocks.\n\nThe exemption, which was announced by SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins, will permit Tokenized Securities Venues (TSVs) to trade tokenized National Market System (NMS) stock using innovative permissioned automated market makers and liquidity pools. The SEC has invited public comment on all aspects of the Innovation Exemption to help inform further changes.\n\nThe move is seen as a significant step forward for the Commission's work to open its capital markets for tokenized securities. According to The Block, the SEC's innovation exemption is being positioned as a response to the Senate's failure to advance crypto legislation.",
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      {
        "outlet": "SEC Press Releases",
        "title": "SEC Issues “Innovation Exemption” to Facilitate the Trading of Tokenized NMS Stock and Request for Comment",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/sec-issues-innovation-exemption-to-facilitate-the-trading-of",
        "published": "2026-09-17T12:55:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Block",
        "title": "It’s here — SEC releases long-awaited innovation exemption to ‘bring America’s capital markets into the digital age’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/its-here-sec-releases-long-awaited-innovation-exemption-to-bring",
        "published": "2026-09-17T13:00:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "CNA - Business",
        "title": "US securities regulator rolls out five-year exemption for tokenized stock trading",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/us-securities-regulator-rolls-out-five-year-exemption-for-tokenized",
        "published": "2026-09-17T13:02:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "SEC issued a rule carving out a path for tokenized stock trading on blockchain",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/sec-issued-a-rule-carving-out-a-path-for-tokenized-stock-trading-on",
        "published": "2026-09-17T13:20:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "SEC unveils exemption for tokenized stock trading",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/sec-unveils-exemption-for-tokenized-stock-trading",
        "published": "2026-09-17T13:28:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Cointelegraph",
        "title": "SEC grants temporary exemption for tokenized US stock trading",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/sec-grants-temporary-exemption-for-tokenized-us-stock-trading",
        "published": "2026-09-17T13:34:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "US securities regulator rolls out five-year exemption for tokenized stock trading",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/us-securities-regulator-rolls-out-five-year-exemption-for-tokenized-8031974",
        "published": "2026-09-17T13:49:17.000Z"
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    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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