Securitize has strengthened its legal leadership with the hiring of Jerome Roche, the former PayPal strategist who helped the firm’s foray into blockchain and oversaw the launch of its stablecoin. Roche joins Securitize as Chief Legal Strategist, sending a clear signal to the market: tokenized ownership is a domestic business opportunity. His appointment aims to ensure that Securitize’s infrastructure remains aligned with US and European regulations, where the firm also recently obtained key authorizations.
Securitize challenges the notion that stock tokenization must be an “offshore product.” The company argues that its market infrastructure already complies with US regulations, including registration as a broker-dealer and transfer agent. According to Roche, current financial systems are stuck in the 20th century, and distributed ledgers offer institutions the opportunity to unify record-keeping, settlement, and value transfer, provided a solid legal framework exists.
Roche’s arrival and the SEC’s recent posture, which closed an investigation into Ondo Finance, suggest “regulatory maturation” in the US. Securitize positions itself as one of the few companies building regulated Tokenized Stock markets in the US and Europe. This dual approach indicates that tokenization is ready to become a standard element of US capital markets, and Securitize’s legal strategy will be crucial for its massive adoption.
Source: https://x.com/Securitize/status/1998378375040340157
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