Tokenization is advancing, and the signals have been piling up.
With major moves from the SEC, Wall Street, and others, the destination is clear, and it's onchain.
Here's the breakdown. ↓
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Today – the SEC granted temporary (5-year) exemptions allowing venues to trade tokenized stocks.
The CFTC also stepped in, protecting non-custodial wallet devs from broker registration.
The real-world impacts here are big. ↓
thedefiant.io/news/regulatio…
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For everyday users, it breaks down financial gatekeeping.
Tokenized equities create global, 24/7 market access.
If you can't access traditional banking infrastructure or Western brokerages, you can now reach these assets directly via onchain rails.
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The entry point to these assets is critical too.
PACT offers this through stablecoin-powered payroll, onboarding at the start of users' financial journey.
As assets expand onchain, so do the financial opportunities for users accessing them.
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With the CFTC, builders can now create dApps and wallets that interact directly with trading infrastructure without the regulatory burden of securing a broker-dealer license.
→ Encouraging building + innovation onchain
NEW: The CFTC issues a no-action position for passive software providers, shielding developers who build trading tools from having to register as introducing brokers, a key protection for DeFi and crypto software developers.
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DeFi, TradFi, and RWAs are actively merging.
@aave announced an RWA Hub on AVAX for institutions to borrow against tokenized assets.
The liquidity is @tether's USA₮, a federally regulated stablecoin from Anchorage Digital Bank, and an investor in PACT's development arm, @pact_labs.
x.com/aave/status/2100214096…
Aave V4's first RWA Hub is coming to @avax, a dedicated credit market where institutions can borrow against RWAs.
It will launch with USA₮, Tether's federally regulated, dollar-backed stablecoin, as its primary source of dollar liquidity.
Sep 17, 2026 · 8:55 PM UTC
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Meanwhile, RWA market data has been steady and growing.
- RWA market cap: +$38.5B
- Active holders: +4.4M (nearly 2x in 30 days)
- Stablecoin value: +$303B
- Stablecoin holders: +289M
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