🚨NEW: The @SECGov Division of Corporation Finance has clarified that certain proof-of-stake blockchain staking activities are not securities transactions. The new guidance, following on from March guidance on certain proof-of-work mining activities, includes self-staking & staking-as-a-service, plus added services like slashing protection/custom rewards. Commissioner Hester Peirce, who spoke this morning at @TheBitcoinConf, says “providing security is not a security.”