US SEC issues ‘Innovation Exemption' as bridge to tokenized trading rule
By Neil Roland ( September 17, 2026, 20:50 GMT | Insight) -- Two days after President Donald Trump and Republicans failed to win Senate passage of a digital-assets regulation bill, the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order with time-limited exemptions to permit on-chain trading of major US exchange-listed stocks. The “Innovation Exemption” is meant to serve as a bridge for the SEC to open its capital markets for tokenized securities while the agency considers rules to facilitate on-chain trading, SEC Chair Paul Atkins said. Two days after President Donald Trump and Republicans failed to win Senate passage of a digital-assets regulation bill, the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order with time-limited exemptions to permit on-chain trading of major US exchange-listed stocks....
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