SEC Says Liquid Staking is Outside Securities Laws; Polymarket Bettors Turn Bearish on Bitcoin | COINDESK DAILY

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🗓️ 6 August 2025

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Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as the SEC clears liquid staking from securities law disclosures. The SEC said on Tuesday that participants in liquid staking, including depositors and providers, do not need to worry about securities law disclosures. What does this signal about the regulator's agenda for DeFi? CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie hosts “CoinDesk Daily.” - Midnight is introducing a novel approach to token distribution. The Midnight Glacier Drop is a multi-phase distribution of the NIGHT token, aimed at empowering a broad, diverse community to build the future of the Midnight network. Holders of ADA, BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, BNB, AVAX and BAT are eligible to participate in the first phase. Help usher in the next generation of blockchain with rational privacy and cooperative tokenomics on the Midnight network. To learn more, visit midnight.gd and prepare for the Midnight Glacier Drop. - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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1:14.0	Is liquid staking safe from the SEC and polymarket betters think Bitcoin could dip below 100k by the end of the year?
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1:30.0	The U.S.S.C. said on Tuesday that participants in liquid staking, including depositors and
1:34.2	providers, do not need to worry about securities law disclosures. The statement is specific
1:39.0	to liquid staking where participants deposit covered crypto assets into a third-party staking
1:43.5	protocol provider, which in turn
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