SEC Approves DTCC’s 3-Year Asset Tokenization Pilot
The SEC’s no-action letter to DTCC is the clearest regulatory green light yet for large-scale real-world asset (RWA) tokenization on public blockchains. Starting H2 2026, the world’s largest securities settlement engine will tokenize U.S. equities, corporate bonds, and Treasuries on both Ethereum L1/L2s and permissioned sidechains, while preserving existing investor rights (voting, dividends, corporate actions).
This is not another private DLT sandbox—it is explicit permission to use public chains for post-trade settlement of traditional securities.Market implications are enormous. DTCC clears ~$2 quadrillion annually; even capturing 0.1% of that flow on-chain would dwarf today’s $15B RWA sector. The pilot’s three-year runway gives BlackRock, Fidelity, and State Street ample time to build compliant infrastructure, likely accelerating the “everything token” narrative.
Solana’s +5% outperformance reflects its positioning as the high-throughput venue for tokenized treasuries (already >$2B via platforms like Ondo, Matrixport, and Backpack).
Crucially, the SEC letter does not require full KYC/AML on-chain or restrict secondary trading to accredited investors only—meaning tokenized assets could eventually trade 24/7 on DEXs with retail access, provided transfer agents handle compliance off-chain. Combined with the SAB 121 repeal expected in 2026, this removes the last major regulatory moat protecting traditional finance.
RWA tokens (ONDO, CFG, IXS) and high-throughput L1s are the clearest beneficiaries of a multi-trillion-dollar structural inflow that now has an explicit regulatory path and timeline.
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