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Global Regulation Tomorrow
BoE publishes speech on the legal and commercial frontier of digital assets
By Simon Lovegrove (UK), Charlotte Carnegie
On 1 October 2026, Sasha Mills, Executive Director of Financial Market Infrastructure at the Bank of England (BoE), gave a speech setting out ways the BoE intends to continue to…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Covington Discusses SEC’s “Innovation Exemption” for Tokenized Stock
By Renholding
On September 17, 2026, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an order (sometimes referred to as the “Innovation Exemption”) to address some questions on how to trade public…
Joe Raczynski | Technologist
Deeds, Dollars & Code: How Asset Tokenization is Rewiring the Economy with Jason Powell
For centuries, high-value ownership has been trapped behind a wall of clunky legal paperwork, illiquid secondary markets, and gatekept syndications. If you owned a piece of the Empire State Building,…
Global Fintech & Digital Assets Blog
SEC Clears Path for On-Chain Trading of Tokenized Stocks With Landmark Innovation Exemption
A five-year exemptive order permits limited on-chain trading for US-listed equities through qualifying venues for the first time, subject to limits, disclosure, and issuer-notice conditions. By Jenny Cieplak, Paul M. Dudek, Zachary Fallon, Dan…
Gibson Dunn
Derivatives, Legislative and Regulatory Weekly Update (September 25, 2026)
From the Derivatives Practice Group: This week, the CFTC released updates to its FAQs Concerning Registrant and Registered Entity Activities Relating to Crypto Assets and Blockchain Technologies. New Developments CFTC…
Overheard on the Block(chain)
SEC Issues ‘Innovation Exemption’ for On-Chain Trading of Tokenized NMS Stocks
By Barbara A. Jones, Erika Cabo, William Mack
The SEC's Innovation Exemption outlines a conditional framework for on-chain trading of tokenized NMS stocks and certain related market activities.
Global Financial Regulatory Blog
SEC Proposes Modernizing Transfer Agent Infrastructure, Including Framework for Tokenized Securities
The proposed amendments would strengthen existing transfer agent compliance, risk management, and safeguarding standards; permit the use of distributed ledger technology for recordkeeping; and introduce certain new gatekeeper obligations. By…
Global Fintech & Digital Assets Blog
SEC Proposes Modernizing Transfer Agent Infrastructure, Including Framework for Tokenized Securities
The proposed amendments would strengthen existing transfer agent compliance, risk management, and safeguarding standards; permit the use of distributed ledger technology for recordkeeping; and introduce certain new gatekeeper obligations. By…
Client Alerts & Publications: Chapman and Cutler LLP
On-Chain Spotlight
Read the latest edition of On-Chain Spotlight for key regulatory, market, and litigation developments shaping the blockchain and digital assets industry.
Joe Raczynski | Technologist
Why the CLARITY Act Is Important, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer
Union Station, Washington DC: The Solana Summit: Washington x Wall Street, the dissonance between the two worlds was impossible to ignore. Outside was the slow, deliberate machinery of Capitol Hill;…