#PaxosSubsidiarySECBlockchainClearingApproval The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officially granted full registration to Paxos Securities Settlement Company, LLC (PSSC)—a subsidiary of the blockchain infrastructure firm Paxos—to operate as a fully registered clearing agency.
Why This Is a Big Deal
First "Blockchain-Native" Clearing Agency: With this SEC approval under Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, PSSC becomes the first and only blockchain-native company in the United States legally authorized to act as a Central Securities Depository (CSD).
The Culmination of a 7-Year Journey: This official registration follows seven years of regulatory back-and-forth, stemming from a No-Action Letter granted by the SEC in 2019. Since 2020,
#Paxos had been testing a pilot program for settlement services alongside some of the world's largest investment banks.
Instantaneous Settlement: Traditional U.S. equities clearing relies on a $T+1$ settlement cycle (taking one business day to clear). Paxos’s private, permissioned distributed ledger technology successfully demonstrated that it can achieve same-day, instantaneous settlement, drastically reducing capital lockup times and systemic counterparty risk.
The Impact on the Market
As a fully regulated clearing agency, Paxos is now uniquely positioned to provide Delivery versus Payment (DVP) settlement for eligible securities transactions using tokenized ledger technology.
By achieving full regulatory approval rather than operating under temporary "no-action relief," Paxos has effectively built a legally compliant bridge for tier-one global financial enterprises to move trillions of dollars in traditional capital markets over onto on-chain, blockchain plumbing.
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