BSTX, a joint venture between tZero and Boston Options Exchange (BOX) Digital Markets, has received the green light from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to operate a blockchain based securities exchange.
BSTX is aiming for immediate or accelerated settlement (T+0 or T+1) thanks to the transactions taking place on the blockchain. It will also provide market data recorded on the blockchain in a process similar to an Oracle. This will be done via a blockchain run by BSTX.The exchange will be open to both retail and institutional investors.BOX has been trying to get SEC approval for some sort of exchange since 2020. The first iteration of the application was for a Security Token Offering (STO) platform.In 2020, the SEC declined BOX’s application to record end-of-day securities ownership balances and other trading data to the Ethereum blockchain.“The SEC has taken an important step forward today in its approval of BSTX as a national securities exchange,” BSTX CEO Lisa Fall said in a statement. “We are eager to continue to work closely with the SEC to launch a fully regulated new exchange and to help provide capital markets with more modern tools for issuers and investors.”BSTX said it is working to eventually support regulated crypto markets alongside its equity offerings.In a release, the SEC said the approval is conditional on BSTX joining relevant national market system plans. These are structures set up for the dissemination of real-time market information. The SEC will also require BSTX to be part of an intermarket surveillance group, which is an industry working group used to coordinate regulatory compliance.“Today’s approval is only the start for BSTX. We are encouraged and energized by the outreach to date from both traditional and non-traditional finance participants. Utilizing future rule filings, we plan to respond with a series of further innovations that will benefit both the issuer and trading communities,” added Fall.
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