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SEC Clarifies Liquid Staking Activities Are Not Securities Transactions Under U.S. Law

On August 5, 2025, the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued a statement ("Statement") providing interpretive clarity on the application of federal securities laws to...more

Crypto Staking: SEC Staff Clarifies Non-Security Status for Certain Protocol Activities

A May 29, 2025, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Division of Corporation Finance statement explains that "Covered Crypto Assets"—crypto tokens without any inherent rights to passive income, business enterprise...more

Unanimous Third Circuit Spurs Opportunity, Orders SEC to Justify Crypto Rulemaking Refusal

The ruling that the SEC acted arbitrarily in denying Coinbase's crypto rulemaking petition, issued in the waning days of the Gensler-era SEC, invites swift action under an Atkins-led SEC....more

Ripple and Terraform Labs: Two New York District Courts Address the Status of Certain Crypto Assets as Securities

In Short - The Situation: Recently, two judges in Southern District of New York were required to apply the Howey test in separate cases to decide whether sales of certain crypto assets were investment contracts, and thus...more

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