US SEC commissioner slams agency statement on liquid staking: ‘Muddies the waters’

Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw warns that the SEC’s statement offers little clarity for liquid staking providers.

US SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw sharply criticized a staff statement released on Tuesday by the regulator’s Division of Corporation Finance that praised the SEC’s position on liquid staking activities, saying it created more confusion than clarity.

“Some things are better left unsaid,” began Crenshaw’s rebuttal, in which she argued that the staff statement “only muddies the waters” by relying on unverified assumptions.

Crenshaw said the statement creates a “wobbly wall of facts without an anchor in industry reality,” warning liquid staking entities to proceed cautiously: “Caveat liquid staker.”

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