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NYSE Arca and NYSE Texas Enable Tokenized Securities Trading via DTC Pilot
NYSE Arca and NYSE Texas each filed immediately effective rule changes to allow trading of tokenized versions of Russell 1000 stocks and major-index ETFs, piggy-backing on a three-year DTC tokenization pilot and mirroring rules the SEC already approved for Nasdaq in March 2026. Both took effect on filing with no further SEC approval needed (subject to a 60-day suspension right), and neither changes anything in practice yet since DTC's tokenization infrastructure is still being built. NYSE Arca frames the pilot around the Nasdaq-approved framework, while NYSE Texas cites an SEC no-action letter issued in December 2025 as the pilot's authorization.
IEX RELEVANT With tokenized equity trading now spreading across Nasdaq and the NYSE family, IEX faces growing competitive pressure to adopt similar rules or risk being bypassed as broker routing decisions begin favoring venues with tokenization capabilities.
Combined from 2 filings