SEC Proposes Major Overhaul of Transfer Agent Rules for Tokenized Securities
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed its first major overhaul of transfer-agent rules in over 40 years, focusing on blockchain recordkeeping and tokenized securities. This change aims to modernize how ownership of stocks is recorded and managed in regulated markets, allowing public blockchains to play a role in determining legal ownership.
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The SEC is rewriting 50-year-old Wall Street rules to let public blockchains decide who legally owns a stock
One transfer agent would retain control, while physical addresses remain the minimum in the drafted rule. The post The SEC is rewriting 50-year-old Wall Street rules to let public blockchains decide who legally owns a stock appeared first on CryptoSlate .
SEC Proposes First Transfer Agent Overhaul in 40 Years, Citing Tokenization
New Form TA-2 questions would make agents report how many share registers they keep on distributed ledgers.
SEC proposes transfer agent overhaul for tokenized securities
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed its first major transfer-agent rule overhaul in more than four decades as blockchain recordkeeping, tokenized securities and automated systems enter regulated U.S. markets. The SEC, in a proposed rule, said most of…

