A big step for onchain finance: @PlumeNetwork is now a registered SEC transfer agent.
• This gives Plume legal authority to manage shareholder records, transfers, and dividends directly onchain – the same core role held by DTCC participants in TradFi.
• The registration bridges compliance and tokenization, enabling onchain IPOs, fund management, and security issuance within U.S. regulatory bounds.
• Plume already reports interest from 40 Act funds (the $39T mutual fund industry) and plans to add ATS + broker-dealer licenses, moving toward a fully compliant onchain capital market stack.
Market impact?
$PLUME rose 30% on the news as trading volume jumped 186%.
That's big.

Plume has registered a transfer agent with @SECGov.
This accelerates our mission to bring the trillion-dollar U.S. securities market onchain. It's our first step in working with the SEC to build fully compliant tokenized capital markets.
Safely, compliantly, and fast.

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