U.S. SEC Gives Implicit Nod for Tokenized Stocks

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Clearing and colony institution the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. said a subsidiary had received a no-action missive to connection tokenized real-world assets.

Dec 12, 2025, 12:17 p.m.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) implicitly granted support for immoderate stocks and different securities to beryllium tokenized and traded connected blockchains.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC), the world's largest securities colony system, said connected Thursday that a subsidiary, the Depository Trust Co. (DTC), received a no-action letter allowing it to connection a tokenization work connected approved blockchains for 3 years.

Tokenization is the process of representing stocks, bonds and different real-world assets (RWAs) arsenic integer tokens that tin beryllium bought, sold and traded connected blockchains, with the purpose of achieving greater ratio and faster settlement.

Some of the biggest names successful accepted concern (TradFi), including JPMorgan and BlackRock, person developed projects successful this area, demonstrating the imaginable organization concern that they tin gully to blockchain finance.

The Depository Trust Co.'s authorization applies to the constituents of the Russell 1000 index, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking large indexes and U.S. Treasuries. It plans to statesman rolling retired the work successful the archetypal fractional of 2026.

A no-action missive is simply a ceremonial effect from the bureau to a institution stating that the regulator volition not instrumentality immoderate enforcement enactment for a projected activity.

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