{"id":134779,"date":"2025-05-21T04:07:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T04:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/robinhood-urges-sec-to-approve-tokenized-rwas-in-30-trillion-market\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T04:07:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T04:07:15","slug":"robinhood-urges-sec-to-approve-tokenized-rwas-in-30-trillion-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/robinhood-urges-sec-to-approve-tokenized-rwas-in-30-trillion-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Robinhood Urges SEC to Approve Tokenized RWAs in $30 Trillion Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cimg.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20163530\/1747758929-image-1747758902811_optimized.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e0d5e5;border-radius:3px\">\n<div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FAEFFF;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px\">\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Robinhood has asked the SEC to formally recognize tokenized assets like stocks and bonds as equivalent to their traditional forms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The proposed framework would allow broker-dealers to trade and custody these tokens under existing U.S. securities rules.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The plan includes the new platform RRE to combine off-chain matching with on-chain settlement and integrates identity and AML checks.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Robinhood has submitted a 42-page proposal to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), requesting the creation of a federal regulatory framework for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), according to a May 20 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/digital-assets\/2025\/05\/20\/breaking-robinhoods-rwa-proposal-could-bring-wall-street-onchain\/\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> by Forbes.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal, as outlined in the report, advocates for tokens representing assets like stocks or bonds to be treated as legal equivalents to their traditional forms. It also calls for a national standard to replace the current patchwork of state-level rules governing securities.<\/p>\n<h2>Robinhood Details Compliance Plan for Tokenized Asset Trading<\/h2>\n<p>Robinhood\u2019s proposed platform, the Real World Asset Exchange (RRE), would utilize off-chain trade matching for speed and on-chain settlement for enhanced transparency. <\/p>\n<p>According to Forbes, the system incorporates identity and anti-money-laundering tools from Jumio and Chainalysis to comply with global KYC\/AML requirements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis proposal could mark the first time a U.S.-regulated broker has laid out a viable path for bringing trillions of dollars in assets on-chain\u2014without compromising regulatory integrity,\u201d stated Mati Greenspan, founder of Quantum Economics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the SEC embraces this, it\u2019s a signal to the world that tokenization has a legitimate seat at the traditional finance table,\u201d Greenspan added.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, the SEC has yet to respond to the filing. Legal experts suggest that Robinhood\u2019s attempt to attain asset-token equivalency could influence broader regulatory interpretations, including taxation and jurisdictional matters. However, effective implementation would depend on inter-agency collaboration and market acceptance.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Catch up on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThisWeekInCrypto?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#ThisWeekInCrypto<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/46CvaXpoVI\">pic.twitter.com\/46CvaXpoVI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            &mdash; Robinhood (@RobinhoodApp) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobinhoodApp\/status\/1923468548539580484?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">May 16, 2025<\/a>\n        <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Global Push for Regulated Tokenization<\/h2>\n<p>Robinhood, well-known for its role in the 2021 retail trading boom, is positioning the RRE platform as part of a longer-term transition towards digital asset infrastructure. Currently, no timeline for SEC review or public feedback has been disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>RWA tokenization is projected to reach a remarkable <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/news\/cointelegraph%3A3e4184f74094b%3A0-everything-is-lining-up-tokenization-is-having-its-breakout-moment\/\" target=\"_blank\">$30 trillion<\/a> market by 2030, driven by demands for faster settlement, continuous market access, and built-in compliance. Robinhood\u2019s proposal illustrates a broader movement aimed at incorporating these assets into regulated financial systems, a transformation that could fundamentally alter the functioning of traditional markets.<\/p>\n<p>Other jurisdictions are moving in a similar direction. For instance, regulators in Singapore and the UK are actively testing tokenized funds and bonds, investigating how blockchain infrastructure can effectively serve institutional markets without eliminating legal protections.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)<\/h2>\n<div class=\"schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block\">\n<div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1747758475050\">\n        <strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Who\u2019s already testing tokenized assets in practice?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">JPMorgan, Franklin Templeton, and Singapore\u2019s Monetary Authority have all run limited pilots, primarily focused on bonds or fund shares in controlled environments.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1747766760608\">\n        <strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">What\u2019s the regulatory bottleneck right now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">The primary issue is fragmented oversight. The SEC, CFTC, and various state agencies all have roles, yet there\u2019s no unified rulebook for tokenized assets, which hampers adoption and elevates compliance risks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1747766823564\">\n        <strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Could this proposal push other firms to act?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Yes. A formal response from the SEC would provide other brokerages with clearer insights into what\u2019s legally permissible and help delineate the boundaries of compliance.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post Robinhood Pushes SEC for Tokenized RWAs as $30 Trillion Market Looms appeared first on Cryptonews.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/category\/finance\/\">Finance and Crypto News-10<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Takeaways: Robinhood has asked the SEC to formally recognize tokenized assets like stocks and bonds as equivalent to their traditional forms. The proposed framework would allow broker-dealers to trade and custody these tokens under existing U.S. securities rules. The plan includes the new platform RRE to combine off-chain matching with on-chain settlement and integrates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}