Paxos Seeks SEC Approval to Become Clearing Agency

According to Foresight News, Paxos co-founder and CEO Chad Cascarilla announced at the Solana Breakpoint conference that Paxos has applied to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to become a clearing agency. This move would enable Paxos to directly custody and issue stocks and bonds on-chain, allowing users to hold actual underlying assets rather than derivatives. Cascarilla emphasized that this development is crucial for the large-scale transition of traditional financial assets onto blockchain. Cascarilla outlined Paxos's goal to facilitate the integration of traditional assets into the blockchain environment. The company plans to expand its presence in the stablecoin and asset tokenization sectors, including the growth of USDG and gold tokenization products. He expressed the belief that public blockchains will become a unified global platform for asset trading, significantly enhancing market accessibility and liquidity.