Securities Regulation Daily Wrap Up, SEC issues innovation exemption for tokenized securities venues: A new framework for onchain trading of tokenized NMS stocks, (Oct 16, 2026)
Law Firms Mentioned:Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
By Meredith Abrams, Justin Browder, Anna C. Goodnight, Kristopher Kendall and Joshua Kim of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
I. Introduction
On September 17, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") issued an order designed to facilitate onchain trading of tokenized National Market System ("NMS") stocks through a new category of trading venue, a Tokenized Se ...