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SEC on BriefTechNews.comhttps://brief-tech-news.com/tags/sec/Recent content in SEC on BriefTechNews.comHugoenCopyright ©2021 <br> Designed & Developed by [Gethugothemes](https://gethugothemes.com/)Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:15:45 +0000SEC rewrites crypto custody rules as Blast L2 pulls the plug on unsustainable operationshttps://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-10-05-crypto/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:15:45 +0000https://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-10-05-crypto/The SEC under Chair Paul Atkins has proposed a dedicated crypto custody framework for registered investment advisers and funds, formally permitting self-custody under specific conditions and recognizing state trust companies as qualified custodians. Meanwhile, Blast L2 announced its complete shutdown due to operating costs outpacing L2 revenue, locking user balances into a multi-step withdrawal process through October 26. In private DeFi and agent tooling, Galactica launched zk-shielded x402 payments on Aztec, and Robinhood flagged that the SEC’s innovation exemption caps are too restrictive for its international stock token operations.SEC Says Decentralized Buybacks Aren't Securities, Coinbase Gets Clearing Licensehttps://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-09-30-crypto/Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:20:37 +0000https://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-09-30-crypto/The SEC ruled that decentralized token buybacks don’t trigger Howey classification, a direct response to a16z’s Miles Jennings and a green light for on-chain buyback programs. Coinbase became the second crypto exchange to win CFTC derivatives clearing approval, completing its regulated stack. Chainlink’s CCIP 2.0 with Ethlabs’ FCR cut cross-chain confirmations from 13 minutes to 12-24 seconds. Proof launched a testnet for event-contingent derivatives, and a new paper proposes Zcash-style private transfers on Bitcoin L1 via OP_RETURN.SEC Greenlights Tokenized Stocks as Stripe Shows the SaaS-Pocalypse Never Camehttps://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-09-21-fintech/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:12:36 +0000https://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-09-21-fintech/The SEC is preparing to allow public companies to issue tokenized shares, a first for US capital markets, with dividends and voting rights traveling on-chain. Stripe’s payment data undercuts the “SaaS-pocalypse” narrative, showing new platform businesses up over 180% year-over-year. Meanwhile, Grab is buying 60% of Atome Financial for $1.49 billion, and Anthropic’s IPO slips by a month. The day’s biggest story: a $75 billion fintech, Revolut, signals a potential London listing, and the SEC’s own framework suggests the tokenization test is closer than you think.House committee advances bill to codify Trump's Strategic Bitcoin Reservehttps://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-09-18-crypto/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:18:11 +0000https://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-09-18-crypto/The House Financial Services Committee advanced the American Reserve Modernization Act, which would codify Trump’s 2025 executive order creating a strategic bitcoin reserve and direct Treasury to build a secure storage facility. The SEC granted a 5-year Innovation Exemption for Tokenized Securities Venues, opening compliant Uniswap v4 permissioned pools for tokenized equity trading. Column launched stablecoin, card, and banking products to challenge Erebor, while Kraken’s parent Payward will bring Hyperliquid perps to US retail via HIP-3. Allium’s new report shows stablecoin payments grew 42% to $401B through August against 6% supply growth.Washington piles into crypto while Airwallex bets on agents and banks insure against hallucinationhttps://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-08-24-fintech/Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:12:30 +0000https://brief-tech-news.com/blogs/2026-08-24-fintech/Washington escalated its crypto push in a single week: Trump hosted Coinbase, a16z, Ripple, and Kraken at the White House to lobby for the CLARITY Act, the CFTC said it will build its own regime if Congress stalls, and the SEC proposed a fundraising framework with a $75 million annual exemption. JPMorgan cut ties with Polymarket in October 2025 over regulatory concerns, a Lloyd’s-backed startup began selling up to $10 million in AI-hallucination liability coverage, and Airwallex raised $320 million at an $11 billion valuation to pivot into “autonomous finance.” Citadel unwound more than 80% of the risk it absorbed from Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Situational Awareness fund via $4 billion in block trades, and Ripple priced a $275 million investment-grade bond to fund US prime brokerage.