Regulation
Markets

SEC Clears Tokenized Stocks To Trade Onchain As CFTC Widens Software Relief

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a five-year conditional exemption on Thursday letting tokenized National Market System (NMS) stock trade…
Sep 18, 2026
AI

Blockworks Lets Exchanges Take Compliance Alerts Straight From AI Agents

Agentic Detection, live Thursday in Messari Monitoring, lets a listings or compliance desk take a development the moment Blockworks’ agents…
Sep 18, 2026
Markets

SEC Clears Tokenized Stocks To Trade Onchain As CFTC Widens Software Relief

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a five-year conditional exemption on Thursday letting tokenized National Market System (NMS) stock trade…
Sep 18, 2026
AI

Blockworks Lets Exchanges Take Compliance Alerts Straight From AI Agents

Agentic Detection, live Thursday in Messari Monitoring, lets a listings or compliance desk take a development the moment Blockworks’ agents…
Sep 18, 2026
Infrastructure

Real stocks are finally coming on blockchain. Here’s how the SEC wants it to work

The SEC is giving tokenized stocks a regulated U.S. pathway, while keeping trading volumes, access and issuer rights tightly controlled.…
Sep 17, 2026
Regulation

Wallets Can Offer Regulated Perps Without a Broker License, CFTC Staff Says

The relief Phantom won in March is now available to any provider of “passive software” that meets the letter’s conditions.…
Sep 17, 2026
Regulation

The Ondo Finance succession crisis gets messier as Kathleen Allman’s daughter alleges ‘dementia’, alcoholism and reckless spending

The estranged daughter of 77-year-old Kathleen Allman has petitioned a Hawaiian court to establish a limited conservatorship to protect her…
Sep 17, 2026
Infrastructure

After Congress killed its landmark crypto bill, the SEC unlocked the $77 trillion US stock market through tokenization

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has opened a five-year pathway for regulated US stocks to trade on blockchain-native…
Sep 17, 2026
Regulation

CFTC Opens Door for Crypto Apps to Offer Regulated Derivatives Access

In a no-action letter, the CFTC said certain software providers can connect users to regulated derivatives markets without registering as…
Sep 17, 2026
Markets

CFTC expands regulatory relief for passive trading software providers

The US regulator’s move could make it easier for crypto wallets and other apps to offer access to regulated derivatives…
Sep 17, 2026