The SEC five-year 'Innovation Exemption', issued on September 17, allows qualified venues to trade third-party tokenized shares without registering as a standard exchange, provided issuers receive 30 calendar days to object

How governments worldwide set rules for digital assets through legislation, agency rulemaking, licensing regimes and court fights.

Traditional assets like treasuries, funds, stocks and real estate brought onto blockchains as tradable tokens.

Moving stocks, bonds, and other securities onto blockchains as tokenized assets, and the debates over investor protection, trading hours, and settlement.