Welcome to this second and final installment of this deep dive on institutional cryptoasset staking, staking as a service, and leveraging staking to generate returns. My guest today is Joe Buttram, founder and CEO of EON Staking.

This two-part deep dive is divided into four chapters: 

- Chapter One: What staking is and a step-by-step process for doing it- Chapter Two: The ins and outs of the institutional “staking-as-a-service” business model - Chapter Three: The regulatory landscape around staking and how the IRS, the SEC, and the CFTC view staking - Chapter Four: What the future of staking and staking based blockchains might look like

Chapters 1 and 2 were covered in the previous episode. In today's episode, we finish up chapter 2 and dive into chapters 3 and 4.

We discuss:

• How staking-as-a-service providers make money
• How EON communicates its philosophy and actions to users 
• How the legal agreements that EON has with its customers work 
• How and why stakers can lose money via slashing
• How EON protects customers from slashing 
• How EON developed their legal model 
• EON’s in-house legal counsel 
• What makes clients choose EON, rather than a competitor 
• Which laws and agencies EON’s services are regulated by 
• The tax situation for EON’s business model 
• How SEC, FinCEN, and CFTC regulations apply to staking-as-a-service providers
• What the future looks like for staking and staking based blockchains
• Big shifts that EON may need to adapt to in the future 

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