So far 22 publicly traded companies have objected to having their shares tokenized and traded on the OKX and ICE venue under the SEC's innovation exemption, including Microsoft, Alphabet, Goldman Sachs, McDonalds, Wells Fargo and Cisco. Under the rules, a venue must notify the issuer and allow 30 days to object; silence counts as consent and cannot be withdrawn once trading begins, so objecting can be the rational choice for legal and investor-relations teams still assessing the new structure. Some industry figures say the objections reflect caution toward a new process rather than rejection of tokenization, while Nasdaq objects to trading tokenized versions of its stock outside the National Market System over concerns about fragmented liquidity and weaker price discovery. Securitize and BitGo said they will not object to the listing.
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