# After Congress killed its crypto bill, SEC opens $77 trillion US stock market to tokenization

https://mins.news/en/item/63289

- CryptoSlate, 2026-09-17 21:00 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://cryptoslate.com/after-congress-killed-its-landmark-crypto-bill-the-sec-unlocked-the-77-trillion-us-stock-market-through-tokenization/

> The SEC has created a five-year pathway for regulated US stocks to trade on blockchain-native venues, following the Senate’s failure to advance the CLARITY Act. The exemption gives qualifying tokenized-securities venues temporary relief from some exchange and dealer-registration rules, while imposing limits on symbols and volume plus transparency, recordkeeping and technology safeguards.

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