A Creative and Cooperative Balancing Act

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n a May 8 speech, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce proposed a conditional exemption for testing tokenized securities, modeled after global regulatory sandboxes and aimed at balancing innovation with investor protection.

Authors

Hester Peirce

Publish date

May 8, 2025

Publisher

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Web URL

https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/speeches-statements/peirce-iismgd-050825

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The contemplated exemption would be conditional. Exempted entities would comply with market integrity conditions for the prevention of fraud and manipulation.

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