# SEC Proposes Letting Blockchains Serve as the Official Record of Share Ownership

The first substantive rewrite of transfer-agent rules since the early 1980s pairs with a 17 September roundtable on round-the-clock trading that includes NYSE, Nasdaq and DTCC.

- Published: 2026-09-02T05:46:41.964Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-09-02/sec-proposes-letting-blockchains-serve-as-the-official-recor
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- Sources: [CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/09/01/sec-proposes-transfer-agent-rule-sets-event-to-figure-out-round-the-clock-u-s-trading), [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news)

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rewriting the rules that govern registered transfer agents, the firms that maintain the official record of who owns a company's shares. CoinDesk reported that the proposal…

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