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SEC’s innovation exemption poses constraint on bringing stock tokens to US, Robinhood crypto chief says
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Robinhood’s crypto chief said the company is still working through the SEC’s innovation exemption for tokenized stocks, and that stock-token trading volume is already close to the exemption’s limits. The latest coverage adds that the framework is a five-year rule set that caps eligible symbols and volume while requiring tokenized U.S. equities to keep the same rights as the underlying shares.
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At Korea Blockchain Week in 2026, Johann Kerbrat said stock-token trading volume may reach a limit set by the SEC.
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Robinhood is still working through the SEC’s latest innovation exemption for tokenized stocks.
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Robinhood’s stock-token trading volume has already reached levels that could run into the SEC’s new exemption limits.
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The SEC framework described in the latest coverage runs for five years, caps eligible symbols and trading volume, and requires tokenized U.S. equities to keep the same rights as the underlying shares.
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Oct 2 05:04
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Oct 2 09:13
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Oct 2 13:19
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