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On-chain equity tokenization faces delays
The SEC's delayed 'innovation exemption' highlights the regulatory and structural challenges of trading tokenized public equities on-chain.
The argument
The guest explained that synthetic wrappers created without issuer involvement raise complex questions regarding dividends, voting rights, and market fragmentation. This has prompted the SEC to draw a sharp line between custodial tokenized securities and synthetic products.
The thesis, stress-tested
✓ What validates it
- ✓SEC releasing revised, limited guidance on NMS stock tokenization
- ✓Launch of issuer-approved custodial tokenized equity platforms
▸ Risks discussed
- ▸Market fragmentation and investor confusion over asset rights
- ▸Opposition from public companies whose shares are wrapped without consent
- ▸Regulatory vacuum following the departure of crypto-friendly Commissioner Peirce
Hear it yourself
"You know, as someone who has worked also in fintech for a long time and deals a lot of fintech companies, like, this has been something that they have been fighting for for a while, and the skinny master account has been a potential success. My question associated with the EO is it's all about access and opening doors, but there's pretty much nothing in there about sort of protecting once access is there and ensuring that the right sort of guardrails are in place, which there are some written in, but those are written in for banks. They don't work in the same way when it"
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