The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is putting the finishing touches on a framework that would allow digital, blockchain-based versions of publicly traded stocks to trade on crypto platforms — a move that signals how far Washington has traveled in its relationship with an industry it once treated with suspicion.

According to a Bloomberg report published Monday, the SEC plans to release an “innovation exemption” for tokenized securities as early as next week. The proposal, under development by an agency now led by Chair Paul Atkins, would create a lighter regulatory pathway for platforms offering digital representations of equities without requiring full registration…

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