# SEC proposes rewriting 50-year-old Wall Street rules to put shareholder records on public blockchains

https://mins.news/en/item/42400

- CryptoSlate, 2026-09-02 17:00 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://cryptoslate.com/the-sec-is-rewriting-50-year-old-wall-street-rules-to-let-public-blockchains-decide-who-legally-owns-a-stock/

> The SEC has proposed its first major overhaul of transfer-agent rules since the late 1970s and early 1980s, allowing blockchain or other distributed-ledger technology to serve as a company’s official shareholder record or part of it. Regulated transfer agents would retain exclusive responsibility for the record’s accuracy, security and access, while paper-based requirements would be replaced and tokenization reporting expanded.

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