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Coinbase Objects SEC Core Staking Is Software Service, Not Security

  • March 21, 2023
  • Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) explains to the SEC why core staking services are not securities offerings.
  • The letter argued that staking services are mere software services.
  • Coinbase CLO said the SEC could follow other paths without leading by enforcement.

On Tuesday, Paul Grewal, the Chief Legal Officer (CLO) of the Coinbase crypto exchange, announced that the firm had submitted a comment letter to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) explaining why core staking services are not securities offerings.

Grewal argued that core staking services are not an offering of securities but mere software services. In his word, “paying someone a fee to take a chore off your hands doesn’t make something a securities transaction.”

Furthermore, the Coinbase CLO contended a statement issued by the SEC last month during the regulatory settlement of the Kraken crypto exchange. The statement read:

In Grewal’s view, the SEC’s pronouncement was at odds with the settlement itself, given that it does not implicate any staking services other than the ones Kraken previously offered. “That is why the letter we filed today asks the SEC to clarify that core staking services are not securities,” the legal officer tweeted.

He further explained that core staking services failed every prong of the Howey test. According to the test, an investment must have some financial risk with a joint enterprise and an expectation of profit, and the profits must come from the managerial or entrepreneurial efforts of others.

Grewal clarified that staking rewards are not profit but service fees determined by the protocol paid to the asset owner as compensation. The CLO noted that the SEC could follow many paths rather than leading with enforcement.

The post Coinbase Objects SEC: Core Staking Is Software Service, Not Security appeared first on Coin Edition.

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