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SEC Staff Statement: Certain Liquid Staking Activities and Staking Receipt Tokens Do Not Involve the Offer and Sale of Securities

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On August 5, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance released a statement on liquid staking as a follow-on to its May 29, 2025, protocol staking statement. The liquid staking statement...more

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SEC Staff Clarifies That Liquid Staking Activities Do Not Implicate US Federal Securities Laws

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The Staff provides the market with additional crypto clarity, holding that liquid staking does not qualify as a security under the Howey test....more

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SEC Staff Statement Concludes Protocol Staking Is Not a Securities Transaction

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On May 29, 2025, the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance (Corp Fin) released a Statement on Certain Protocol Staking Activities clarifying that certain crypto asset staking activities on proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain...more

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Redeemable, USD-Linked Stablecoins are not Securities – Latest SEC Staff Guidance

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The Division of Corporation Finance at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued guidance regarding the application of federal securities laws to certain stablecoins. While this guidance, released on...more

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