Staking is legally fascinating: it has attributes of many things we already know (savings account, securities...), but the analogy is frustrating since it actually behaves very differently

I hope you are hungry, on today's menu I have a staking legal questions salad for you

1. From a regulatory point of view, what is staking?

2. From a contractual pov, what is staking?

3. Can an intermediary stake your coins without your approval (if it keeps minimum regulatory reserves for instance)?

4. Is staking considered as exercising governance rights?

5. If so, are these governance rights attached to the coins or do they belong to the owner of the coin (not the custodian of the funds)?

6. Are all coins equal in staking?

7. Is a coin that is stakable, a security (such as a bond for example)?

8. Can staking rewards be considered as equivalent to interests received on funds that are locked in a savings account?

9. In staking, can the chain be considered a custodian of the funds?

10. If so, how would that comply with banking regulations and licencing requirements?

11. Can staking serve for money laundering given that funds that are considered tainted are not discriminated?

12. If so, can this negatively impact the entire chain?

13. Does staking actually favour tainted coins because it gives them same value and utility as untainted coins?

14. Does staking create a more direct relationship between individuals and the chain (as opposed to pow)?

15. If so, would that change the dynamic of responsibilities and obligations of the devs and other actors?

16. Is the equivalent of mining pools, staking investment fund?

17. What happens in case of dispute?

18. Can a validator be "mistakenly" slashed or penalised?

19. Being a validator has less surface exposed to legal risks than being a miner?

20. Can a third party interfere with a validator easier than interfering with miners?

21. What happens if a validator gets hacked (forced offline) or its material is seized?

22. Who bears the risk of flaw in the validator software code?

23. Will we see fake software to stake coins which will steal them from you? How tech savvy should you be to become validator?

24. Will eth 2.0 come with terms and conditions for staking? If so, in what form (plain text or smart contract code)?

25. Will there be any gov. mechanism in place for control over the staking smart contract?

26. Will there be any gov. mechanism for modifying staking rules?

27. What if someone steals funds and publicly stakes them? Can that hurt the chain, to reward a thief?

28. Should exchanges and other custodians be allowed to stake for the client or for themselves with clients funds?

29. Is any questions with regards to pos taboo iyo?