Tokenized securities appear twice in the fiscal 2027 examination priorities from the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Examinations, Bitcoin.com News reported on October 23. Clearing agency reviews will cover "default management, securities lending, operational controls, and tokenization," and under Regulation SCI, the rules for core market systems, tokenization is listed as an emerging trend alongside artificial intelligence, extended trading hours and quantum computing. What is missing stands out as much. The SEC set no separate exam priorities for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins or decentralized finance, and it added no new requirements for tokenized assets. AI gets far more space. Examiners will look at AI-driven trading and automated advice, including whether firms describe their technology accurately, at fraud, phishing and deepfake risks and the safeguards against them, and at AI used for fraud detection, anti-money laundering work and back-office tasks. The agency says it uses advanced AI in its own exams under human oversight. Quantum computing gets a single mention as an emerging trend, with no link drawn to the public-key cryptography that bitcoin and other blockchains rely on and no call for quantum-resistant safeguards. The report also covers cybersecurity, oversight of outside vendors, investor protection and coordination with the CFTC.