; and (B) does not include a blockchain protocol or a person or group of persons solely because of their development of a blockchain protocol. (87) Notice-registered digital asset clearing agency The term notice-registered digital asset clearing agency means a clearing agency that has registered with the Commission pursuant to section 17A(b)(9). (88) Additional digital asset-related terms (A) Securities Act of 1933 The terms affiliated person , blockchain system , decentralized governance system , decentralized system , digital asset , digital asset issuer , digital asset maturity date , end user distribution , functional system , permitted payment stablecoin , related person , restricted digital asset , and source code have the meaning given those terms, respectively, under section 2(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 ( 15 U.S.C. 77b(a) ). (B) Commodity Exchange Act The terms digital commodity , digital commodity broker , digital commodity dealer , and digital commodity exchange have the meaning given those terms, respectively, under section 1a of the Commodity Exchange Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1a ). . 103. Definitions under the Commodity Exchange Act Section 1a of the Commodity Exchange Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1a ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (10)(A)— (A) by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (iv) and (v), respectively; and (B) by inserting after clause (ii) the following: (iii) digital commodity; ; (2) in paragraph (11)— (A) in subparagraph (A)(i)— (i) by redesignating subclauses (III) and (IV) as subclauses (IV) and (V), respectively; and (ii) by inserting after subclause (II) the following: (III) digital commodity; ; and (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C) and inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: (B) Exclusion The term commodity pool operator does not include— (i) a decentralized governance system; or (ii) any excluded activity, as described in section 4v. ; (3) in paragraph (12)(A)(i)— (A) in subclause (II), by adding at the end a semicolon