
In the petition, Coinbase focuses on how US securities law treats services related to block validation in PoS-based crypto protocols, arguing that staking is not a monolithic operation concept.Īccording to the exchange, some of the models in existence to date actually could fall under the definition of “investment contract offerings,” but others clearly do not. The action referred to in the petition is the one against Kraken, which forced the major US crypto exchange to stop providing its staking service to all US users. The petition sent yesterday is an impressive 18 pages long, and is a commentary by Coinbase in response to a recent SEC action, described as “surprising,” suggesting that the agency may consider some staking services as constituting an investment contract, and therefore a security. The petition: Coinbase asks the SEC to retract the definition of security token
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The key milestones to the way to mainnet include the demonstration of testnet stability, Optimism’s successful upgrade of Bedrock, and the completion of reviews and audits.



Base Doesn’t Plan To Issue A Network TokenĪccording to a blog post by Base, safety and security are the top priorities for the network as it gears up for its mainnet debut.
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Coinbase also listed a series of objectives to be fulfilled before its L2 solution’s mainnet goes live later this year. The Base team published a roadmap titled “Path to Mainnet” earlier today that provided an insight into the network’s progress and upcoming milestones in the run-up to its mainnet launch. The L2 network confirmed that there are no plans to issue a network token for now.Ĭoinbase’s layer 2 network Base is gearing up for its widely anticipated mainnet launch.

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