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VERON. MACROVIEW. ISSUE No. 5
TOKENIZATION OF STOCKS AND RATE HIKE: HOW THE OLD SYSTEM ABSORBS CRYPTO
On September 17, 2026, two events occurred that at first glance are unrelated. The SEC allowed limited trading of tokenized stocks on the blockchain. The Fed raised the rate to 3.75–4% for the first time since July 2023. The first is about crypto. The second is about the dollar. But there is a direct connection between them. And it changes everything.
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED
The SEC approved a temporary and conditional “Innovation Exemption.” Licensed venues — Tokenized Securities Venues (TSVs) — received the right to conduct limited pilot trading of tokenized NMS stocks through on-chain market makers and liquidity pools. This is the first time the SEC has recognized the possibility of trading real tokenized stocks on the blockchain — not just synthetic derivatives.
Simultaneously, the Fed raised the key rate by 25 bps to 3.75–4.00%. The decision was unanimous. Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh stated that inflation remains “too high for too long.” The dot plot shows: 16 of 18 officials expect at least one more hike this year.
And against this backdrop — after the failure of the CLARITY Act in the Senate (49–50), the SEC and CFTC stated they will not wait for Congress and are preparing their own rules for the crypto market within their existing powers.
Paradox? Not at all. This is architectural logic.
WHAT THIS ACTUALLY MEANS
The SEC is not “legalizing crypto.” The SEC is embedding crypto into the traditional financial system — under its control.
Mechanics: not decentralized protocols, but licensed venues (TSVs). Not open access, but “approved” participants. Not freedom, but a gateway. Whoever controls the gateway controls the flow.
This is not a bridge. This is encapsulation.
The Fed raises the rate — and simultaneously the SEC opens a gateway for tokenization. This is not a contradiction. This is a strategy: to keep capital in the dollar system by offering it a new form — tokenized, but still controlled.
WHY THIS MATTERS FOR THE GLOBAL SYSTEM
First. The U.S. is losing its monopoly on financial infrastructure. Russia has legalized crypto for international settlements. China is building the digital yuan. Iran uses bitcoin to bypass sanctions. The U.S. response is not prohibition, but absorption. Tokenization of stocks is an attempt to make crypto work not against the dollar, but inside it.
Second. The rate of 3.75–4% is not “tightening.” It is an attempt to retain capital. If the yield on 30-year U.S. Treasuries is 5.33% (a high since 2007), and the national debt has exceeded $40 trillion, the dollar needs an anchor. Tokenized stocks are the new anchor.
Third. The CLARITY Act failed — Congress could not agree. Regulators are taking the initiative. This creates a risk of regulatory arbitrariness, but also accelerates the emergence of clear rules. The market will benefit from certainty, but will lose flexibility.
Fourth. Crypto is not reacting as expected. Bitcoin held above $76,000. Zcash updated a 10-year high above $1,400. Venture investment in crypto grew 31% in Q2 ($5.6 billion in 384 deals). The market is not panicking — it is adapting.
NEW ELEMENT: THE RATE AS AN INSTRUMENT OF ABSORPTION
It is telling that against the backdrop of these decisions, the global system is showing structural changes:
• Tether lent Gold.com about $1.5 billion against gold collateral. Tether has accumulated ~146 tons of gold worth ~$20 billion. This is not a “stablecoin issuer.” This is a shadow central bank.
• Sam Altman’s World launched World Money — a financial super-app with stablecoins, transfers, investments, and Earn programs. 150+ countries. World ID is the key to financial services.
• Vitalik Buterin stated that AI will not destroy cybersecurity — the same models that find bugs can mathematically prove code safety.
• Binance opened Capital Connect for private investors with $1 million. The platform, previously available only to institutions, is now open to wealthy individuals.
RISKS THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED
• Sanctions trap. All legal exchangers in Russia will automatically become targets for the 21st EU sanctions package. All crypto that passes through them will become “marked.”
• Cybersecurity. Flamingo Finance was hacked for $345,900. BonfireSwap lost $50,000 due to a basic contract error. A trader lost $600,000 due to a fake Cloudflare captcha.
• Regulatory arbitrariness. The SEC acts without Congress. This creates a risk that rules will change depending on political conditions.
• Inflationary pressure. The Fed rate hike is not a victory over inflation. It is an acknowledgment that inflation remains a problem.
ARCHITECTURAL CONCLUSION
This week became a bifurcation point.
First. The SEC is not legalizing crypto — it is encapsulating it. Tokenized stocks are not freedom. They are a gateway. Whoever holds the gateway holds the flow.
Second. The Fed raises the rate to retain capital. But capital has already found a way out — gold, bitcoin, Zcash. The dollar is weakening despite tightening.
Third. The old system is not giving up. It absorbs. It offers crypto a new form — tokenized, but controlled. The question is not whether this will work. The question is how long.
Fourth. Parallel circuits are already competing. In one — the dollar, SWIFT, OFAC, tokenized stocks under SEC control. In the other — bitcoin, stablecoins, decentralized exchanges, state crypto infrastructures. These circuits have already begun to replace each other.
Fifth. The winner is not the one who shouts loudest. The winner is the one who sees the system. And for that, you need to look not at events, but at architecture.
VERON. Diagnostics of reality without illusions.
Analytics is for informational purposes only and is not investment advice. The material is prepared based on open data and comments from international experts.
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