SEC INNOVATION EXEMPTION OPENS PERMISSIONED UNISWAP V4 POOLS FOR TOKENIZED EQUITY

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The SEC granted a 5-year Innovation Exemption for Tokenized Securities Venues (TSVs), opening a compliant pathway for blockchain platforms to list and trade tokenized equities in the US. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce's accompanying comment letter clarified that permissionless, autonomous protocols like standard Uniswap fall outside securities regulatory scope and need no exemption. The exemption covers Uniswap v4's permissioned pools, providing a framework for compliant on-chain tokenized equity trading for regulated assets and users. Uniswap founder Hayden Adams flagged the Peirce letter as the more consequential development and announced Uniswap will submit a comment letter with proposed improvements to help shape the final rule.