GENIUS Act
Signed July 18, 2025. OCC final implementing rule issued October 21, 2026; Act and rule take effect January 18, 2027.
Yield prohibition stands: issuers cannot pay interest for holding a payment stablecoin. Fed and Treasury rules remain proposals; no completed issuer approval verified.
CLARITY Act
Passed the House July 2025. Senate cloture failed 49 to 50 on September 15, 2026; a motion to reconsider is pending.
The SEC/CFTC jurisdictional split and tokenized-security provisions remain legislative text. The 119th Congress ends January 3, 2027.
SEC Innovation Exemption
Effective September 17, 2026: five-year conditional relief lets Tokenized Securities Venues run permissioned AMMs in tokenized NMS stocks.
First venue live November 4, 2026: five trades, $40,296 gross, stock token against a stablecoin. Two more venues have filed notices.
DTCC, NSCC, and the SIP
DTCC Tokenization Service live October 28, 2026 on Canton and private Besu, 20 participants signed; same-chain transfers run 24/7.
NSCC clearing has run 24x5 since June 28, 2026. The equity SIPs go 23x5 in production on December 6, 2026.