A September 17 order lets qualifying platforms trade fully backed tokenized NMS stocks without registering as exchanges or dealers. Every stock takes 30 days of notice to an issuer that is free to refuse it.
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Algorhythm's $6 Million Cash Claim Tops Its Spendable Cash but Falls Short of Its Total Cash on the Books
Algorhythm Holdings' CEO cited more than $6 million in cash while the same release showed just under $5 million spendable plus about $3 million restricted. Quartz's review of SEC enforcement leaves shareholders in small AI rebrands to run that check themselves.
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French Hill, the House Financial Services chair, says SEC and CFTC crypto rules fall short of the CLARITY Act the Senate blocked 49-50 last month. His case is that a later administration can rewrite rules issued under existing agency authority, while a statute would hold.
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New SEC rule lets one commissioner alone constitute a quorum when all others are disqualified from a matter
Either Paul Atkins or Mark Uyeda can now act alone as the SEC's quorum under a rule effective Oct. 2, but only on matters where the other is disqualified. Decisions on the pending crypto custody and offering proposals therefore sit with a Commission of two people.
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Ondo Finance launched three tokens that each hold a rebalanced basket of its tokenized stocks and ETFs, using strategies BlackRock designed. Using the tokens as DeFi collateral is so far only a possibility Ondo has named.
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SEC Treasury clearing deadlines reach stablecoin issuers through their repo dealers
SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda said the agency did not intend to extend its Dec. 31 Treasury clearing deadline or the June 30, 2027 date for repos. Stablecoin issuers that sell or repo Treasuries to fund redemptions will pay for the change through their dealers.
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, head of the agency's Crypto Task Force, resigns Oct. 2, leaving Paul Atkins and Mark Uyeda as its only two commissioners. Neither her seat nor Caroline Crenshaw's has a nominee, so crypto policy now rests on two Republican votes.
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SEC proposals approved Wednesday would give registered investment advisors much more room to charge performance fees on capital gains in client accounts. Interval-fund changes and a credential route to accredited status widen what retail clients can buy, and the fee rule changes how advisors get paid for it.
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Hester Peirce exits the SEC on October 2, cutting it to two Republican commissioners with seven seats empty across the SEC and CFTC. Crypto Briefing warns that one recusal could then leave the commission short of a quorum on crypto and market rules.
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SEC proposes letting a filed 10-K replace the annual report sent with proxy statements
SEC rules proposed on September 16 would let issuers with a Form 10-K on EDGAR stop preparing and mailing a separate annual report with the proxy. Dropping a 20-business-day delivery deadline would also loosen merger calendars once final rules are adopted.
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Two chains hold 72% of the 4.3 million wallets now carrying tokenized stocks
BNB Chain and Robinhood Chain took 88.2% of tracked tokenized-stock volume in September to date, up from 2.3% in June. The surge coincided with a zero-maker-fee campaign on Binance and Robinhood's Stock Tokens launch, so the test comes when maker fees return.
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The order carves out a new category called a tokenized securities venue, caps how many symbols and how much volume it can trade, and requires public smart contracts while the Commission drafts permanent rules.
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Scrapping Rule 14a-8 would push proxy gatekeeping into corporate bylaws
Commissioner Mark Uyeda says the legal authority for a rule the SEC has run for eight decades was lacking, and his own statement allows that removing it could widen what shareholders may put to a vote.
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SEC forum's top early-stage asks: rewrite who counts as accredited, quadruple the Reg CF cap
Participants at the SEC's 45th Small Business Forum voted to expand the accredited investor test and lift Reg CF from $5 million to $20 million. An October rulemaking is the test of intent.
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