SEC: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, regulates the securities market and decides whether to authorize new financial technologies. 💼 DTCC: Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, responsible for clearing and settling most stocks and bonds in the U.S. 🏦 Blockchain: Distributed ledger technology that enables data immutability and transparency. 🔗 Tokenization: The process of converting traditional assets (like stocks) into digital tokens that can be traded on the blockchain. 🪙 Stocks: Equity certificates of a company, one of the objects of tokenization. 📈 Real-world assets: Non-digital assets (like real estate, art) that can be tokenized after being digitized. 🏠 Custody: DTCC's responsibility for the secure storage and management of assets on the blockchain. 🔒