Step 1 of 9: Identity
SEC Filings & Disclosure
Regulations S-K, S-X, G & FDInventory each staking, liquid-staking, restaking, pooled-yield, and airdrop activity; bind the analysis to current Commission authority while labeling staff statements as nonbinding; assess assets, activity, consideration, control, discretion, receipt-token rights, rewards, slashing, custody, accounting, tax, risk, and registration routes; then record cross-functional approval.
Basis: Digital asset disclosure
/sec/startSecurities Exchange Act of 1934; Regulations S-K, S-X, S-T; 17 CFR Parts 229, 232, 240, 249
9 steps, completed in order. Each step is validated against the schema before the next unlocks.
Step 1 of 9
ScreenSEC › SEC Workflows › Staking and airdrop securities-law assessmentstep 1
Complete the Identity fields. Each value is validated against the schema before the next step unlocks.
Entity conducting or reporting the activity (required)
entityIdSelect the entity whose staking and airdrop facts, disclosures, and routes are assessed. Use its lowercase-with-dashes id, e.g. acme-corp-hq.
Step 2 of 9
ScreenSEC › SEC Workflows › Staking and airdrop securities-law assessmentstep 2
Complete the Scope fields. Each value is validated against the schema before the next step unlocks.
Primary activity type (required)
primaryActivityKindEnter primary activity type.
Assessment as-of date (required)
assessmentAsOfEnter assessment as-of date.
Complete network, asset, staking, provider, receipt-token, and airdrop inventory artifact ID (required)
activityInventoryArtifactIdEnter complete network, asset, staking, provider, receipt-token, and airdrop inventory artifact id.
Current Commission interpretation and operative staff-position artifact ID (required)
operativeAuthorityArtifactIdEnter current commission interpretation and operative staff-position artifact id.
Step 3 of 9
ScreenSEC › SEC Workflows › Staking and airdrop securities-law assessmentstep 3
Complete the Classification fields. Each value is validated against the schema before the next step unlocks.
Asset-by-asset securities classification artifact ID (required)
assetClassificationArtifactIdEnter asset-by-asset securities classification artifact id.
Activity-by-activity protocol and commercial characterization artifact ID (required)
activityCharacterizationArtifactIdEnter activity-by-activity protocol and commercial characterization artifact id.
Activity includes restaking or pooled yield/earn outside cited protocol-staking statements (required)
includesRestakingOrPooledYieldEnter activity includes restaking or pooled yield/earn outside cited protocol-staking statements.
Separate restaking or pooled-yield legal analysis artifact IDoptional
outOfScopeActivityAnalysisArtifactIdEnter separate restaking or pooled-yield legal analysis artifact id.
Transaction-specific investment-contract analysis artifact ID (required)
investmentContractAnalysisArtifactIdEnter transaction-specific investment-contract analysis artifact id.
Step 4 of 9
ScreenSEC › SEC Workflows › Staking and airdrop securities-law assessmentstep 4
Complete the Staking fields. Each value is validated against the schema before the next step unlocks.
Activity includes liquid staking (required)
includesLiquidStakingEnter activity includes liquid staking.
Receipt-token ownership, reward, transfer, mint, and redemption rights artifact IDoptional
liquidStakingRightsArtifactIdEnter receipt-token ownership, reward, transfer, mint, and redemption rights artifact id.
Provider possession, control, and staking-discretion artifact ID (required)
providerControlAndDiscretionArtifactIdEnter provider possession, control, and staking-discretion artifact id.
Protocol rewards, fees, slashing, bonding, and unbonding artifact ID (required)
rewardsSlashingAndUnbondingArtifactIdEnter protocol rewards, fees, slashing, bonding, and unbonding artifact id.
Step 5 of 9
ScreenSEC › SEC Workflows › Staking and airdrop securities-law assessmentstep 5
Complete the Airdrop fields. Each value is validated against the schema before the next step unlocks.
Activity includes an airdrop (required)
includesAirdropEnter activity includes an airdrop.
Airdrop recipient money, goods, services, or other consideration artifact IDoptional
airdropConsiderationArtifactIdEnter airdrop recipient money, goods, services, or other consideration artifact id.
Step 6 of 9
ScreenSEC › SEC Workflows › Staking and airdrop securities-law assessmentstep 6
Complete the Routing fields. Each value is validated against the schema before the next step unlocks.
Legal review requires a registration or exemption workflow (required)
registrationOrExemptionRequiredEnter legal review requires a registration or exemption workflow.
Linked registration or exemption workflow IDoptional
registrationOrExemptionWorkflowIdEnter linked registration or exemption workflow id.
Linked digital-asset disclosure assessment ID (required)
digitalAssetWorkflowIdEnter linked digital-asset disclosure assessment id.
Step 7 of 9
ScreenSEC › SEC Workflows › Staking and airdrop securities-law assessmentstep 7
Complete the Risk fields. Each value is validated against the schema before the next step unlocks.
Marketing, reward promises, promoter, and compensation artifact ID (required)
marketingAndPromoterArtifactIdEnter marketing, reward promises, promoter, and compensation artifact id.
Validator, provider, cloud, client, and geographic concentration artifact ID (required)
validatorAndProviderConcentrationArtifactIdEnter validator, provider, cloud, client, and geographic concentration artifact id.
Custody, wallet, private-key, delegation, and withdrawal controls artifact ID (required)
custodyAndKeyControlArtifactIdEnter custody, wallet, private-key, delegation, and withdrawal controls artifact id.
Step 8 of 9
ScreenSEC › SEC Workflows › Staking and airdrop securities-law assessmentstep 8
Complete the Disclosure fields. Each value is validated against the schema before the next step unlocks.
Rewards, token, fee, impairment, and tax accounting artifact ID (required)
accountingAndTaxArtifactIdEnter rewards, token, fee, impairment, and tax accounting artifact id.
Financial, operational, legal, slashing, liquidity, and technology disclosure artifact ID (required)
disclosureAndRiskFactorArtifactIdEnter financial, operational, legal, slashing, liquidity, and technology disclosure artifact id.
Step 9 of 9
ScreenSEC › SEC Workflows › Staking and airdrop securities-law assessmentstep 9
Complete the Governance fields. Each value is validated against the schema before the next step unlocks.
Securities-law approval artifact ID (required)
legalApprovalArtifactIdEnter securities-law approval artifact id.
Accounting and tax approval artifact ID (required)
accountingTaxApprovalArtifactIdEnter accounting and tax approval artifact id.
Cyber and protocol-risk approval artifact ID (required)
cyberRiskApprovalArtifactIdEnter cyber and protocol-risk approval artifact id.
Continue with the next guide in this framework's table of contents.
Evaluate, review, approve, and record AI capability claims, evidence, risk disclosures, and remediation.
Read guide Regulations S-K, S-X, G & FDClassify the product and assets against current authority; route registration and exchange listing work; conditionally link Form 19b-4 and staking reviews; assess custody, keys, pricing, NAV, holdings, creation/redemption, authorized participants, liquidity, network events, disclosure, continuity, and governance without pretending the assessment itself is an SEC filing.
Read guide Regulations S-K, S-X, G & FDInventory each crypto asset and activity; bind classification to current Commission authority; conditionally assess safeguarding and broker-dealer custody; review holdings, accounting, Items 101, 105 and 303, cyber, ownership, bankruptcy, counterparty, concentration, and liquidity evidence; link staking activity; and record cross-functional approval without inventing a filing.
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