Nasdaq's president says the SEC’s new crypto stance is letting markets 'build' again

Nasdaq’s Tal Cohen said a friendlier SEC is giving crypto firms and exchanges room to experiment with tokenization and digital market infrastructure.\nWhat to know : Nasdaq President Tal Cohen said a more proactive and constructive stance from the SEC is giving market operators new freedom to experiment with blockchain infrastructure and tokenized assets. Cohen said Nasdaq is investing in “always on” market infrastructure, tokenization and artificial intelligence as it works to converge traditional financial rails with digital asset systems. He cited interoperability between legacy and digital platforms as a key hurdle, and said Nasdaq is testing AI-driven simulations of its matching engine to model stress scenarios and support longer trading hours.