{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-regulated-activities-order-2001/article-9Z6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-regulated-activities-order-2001/article-9Z6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/544",
  "legislation_title": "The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/financial-services-and-markets-act-2000-regulated-activities-order-2001",
  "path": "article/9Z6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9Z6",
  "heading": "Qualifying cryptoasset staking",
  "text": "(1) Making arrangements on behalf of another person (whether as principal or agent) for qualifying cryptoasset staking is a specified kind of activity.\n(2) In this article—\n“blockchain validation” means the validation of transactions on—\n(a)a blockchain, or\n(b)a network that uses distributed ledger technology or other similar technology,\nand includes proof of stake distributed ledger technology consensus mechanisms;\n“qualifying cryptoasset staking” means the use of a qualifying cryptoasset in blockchain validation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 2 Ch. 2B inserted (25.2.2026 for specified purposes) by The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Cryptoassets) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/102), regs. 1(2)(3), 40(5) (with regs. 53-56)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/544/article/9Z6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:01:12.377334+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}