On May 29, 2025, the staff (“Staff”) of the Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission continued its recent pattern of issuing Staff guidance addressing cryptocurrency. The May 29 Staff statement, titled “Statement on Certain Protocol Staking Activities”, provides the Staff’s views on the staking of crypto assets (“Covered Crypto Assets”) that are intrinsically linked to the programmatic functioning of public, permissionless networks that use proof-of-stake…
By: Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives
By: Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives