The SEC Just Opened the Door to 24/7 Stock Trading. Now Comes the Hard Part.

The SEC just approved a 5-year exemption for tokenized U.S. stocks that carry real dividends and voting rights, not synthetic price bets. That opens a path to 24/7 trading, fractional ownership, and near-instant settlement, and crypto stocks rallied on the news. But issuers can object and trading volume is capped. The permission slip is signed. Now the real test begins: will anyone actually use it?