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   "text": "Under SEC guidance a token sold for use or consumption by purchasers may fall outside classification as a security, and the SEC lists characteristics whose stronger presence makes a token less likely to be considered a security.",
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   "text": "The absence of fiat par-redemption combined with limited acceptance inside merchant ecosystems makes LER rewards closed-loop utilities, which is what removes their classification as electronic money tokens or securities.",
   "abstract": "Third, the absence of fiat par-redemption and limited acceptance within merchant ecosystems positions LER voucher loyalty rewards as closed-loop utilities. This removes their classification as electronic money tokens (EMTs) or securities, which, in turn, simplifys compliance.",
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   "text": "LER must maintain a visible separation between equity tenure verification and reward attribution, so that vouchers operate as loyalty entitlements and do not represent equities, dividends, or profit shares.",
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   "text": "Because Landreth holds that instruments carrying equity attributes such as dividends or voting rights are securities, LER rewards cannot include any such features and must function as independent loyalty perks.",
   "abstract": "This is reinforced by SEC v. Landreth Timber Co. (1985), where the court held that stock sales are securities if they carry equity attributes like dividends or voting rights. Therefore, LER rewards cannot include such features.",
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