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"Tokenization is one of those areas that since the administration changed and since the attitude toward crypto and blockchain change, people have come to us and they've said, we really think tokenization has potential here... we want to walk side by side with you as we think through those questions." The SEC is officially pivoting from a hostile crypto regulator to a collaborative partner for traditional finance firms experimenting with blockchain. Because the SEC is willing to help navigate the legal and technical hurdles of putting funds on-chain, early movers in tokenized real-world assets (like WisdomTree, BlackRock, and Franklin Templeton) will face lower regulatory friction. This allows them to launch innovative, high-liquidity products (like tokenized money market funds) faster than competitors, capturing early market share and attracting tech-forward institutional AUM. LONG. Asset managers with established tokenized treasury and money market products are positioned to benefit from a friendly regulatory environment and the secular trend of moving traditional financial instruments on-chain. Operational and technical risks associated with blockchain infrastructure (e.g., smart contract vulnerabilities); slower-than-expected institutional adoption of tokenized funds.