Five Things to Know About Tokenized Stocks

The SEC has cleared a path for trading venues in the U.S. to offer tokenized stocks, using two five-year “innovation exemptions.” The move is aimed at allowing new market structures while keeping regulators in the loop as the category develops. The brief also references two people who hold tokenized stocks: Martin Koopman and Ishmael Asad. Koopman, chief product officer at financial-technology company Hazeltree, is described as being a shareholder, while details on the second holder are limited in the excerpt. The regulatory green light is a key step toward wider access to tokenized equity products.