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Does Cryptocurrency Staking Fall Under Sec Jurisdiction?, Nicholas E. Gonzalez
Does Cryptocurrency Staking Fall Under Sec Jurisdiction?, Nicholas E. Gonzalez
Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law
Bitcoin, the first blockchain and cryptocurrency (crypto), launched in 2009 when the Bitcoin network opened to the public. A blockchain is a digital ledger technology where transactions are aggregated and permanently recorded into blocks of information. Maintenance of a blockchain is typically conducted by decentralized managers who own and operate network computers (“Nodes”) and serve the functions normally handled by central intermediaries to validate and confirm transactions. All Nodes follow a blockchain protocol. In Bitcoin’s and most cryptos’ cases, this protocol is known as a Proof- of-Work protocol which requires a large amount of energy consumption. Consequently, Proof-of-Stake protocols (“PoS”) …