Market Structure Modernization involves updating the fundamental operational frameworks, rules, and technologies that govern how financial markets function. This typically includes enhancing trading systems, improving settlement processes, and adapting regulatory oversight to new asset classes and technological advancements. The objective is to increase efficiency, transparency, and resilience.
Context
For digital assets, Market Structure Modernization is a pressing need, as traditional financial infrastructures struggle to accommodate blockchain-native features like atomic settlement and tokenized assets. The situation involves ongoing discussions among regulators and industry participants about integrating distributed ledger technology into existing market structures. A critical future development is the establishment of new, digitally native market infrastructures that can handle both traditional and digital securities seamlessly.
The shift from enforcement to an exemption-based framework fundamentally alters the US compliance calculus, providing a clear path to regulatory legitimacy for compliant market participants.
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