SEC’s Push to Simplify Tokenized Securities: A New Era for Blockchain-Based Capital Markets
Main Points: Exemptive Order to Spur Tokenization In her May 8, 2025 speech at the SEC’s 31st International Institute for Securities Market Growth and Development, Commissioner Hester Peirce announced that the SEC is “considering a potential exemptive order” to allow firms to use blockchain technology to issue, trade, and settle securities without being subject to certain registration requirements. This order would specifically target companies operating automated market‑making (AMM) systems and decentralized exchanges (DEXs),