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The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission settled charges with Uniswap early today to the tune of $175,000. Two commissioners, however, say regulators should never have brought the case in the first place.  Regulators claim Uniswap “illegally offered leveraged or margined retail commodity transactions in digital assets via a decentralized digital asset trading protocol.”  CFTC Commissioner

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John Deaton came out on top in a three-way Republican primary Tuesday night, positioning the cryptocurrency advocate and attorney to take on incumbent Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren in November.  “Tomorrow, we begin the next phase of the campaign — an effort that will hold Elizabeth Warren accountable for her failures on the border, the unaffordable

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Today, enjoy the Lightspeed newsletter on Blockworks.co. Tomorrow, get the news delivered directly to your inbox.  Subscribe to the Lightspeed newsletter . Howdy!  I made the mistake of going to the 6th Avenue Trader Joe’s right after work yesterday. I thought I’d never make it out of the crush of business casual or yoga gear-clad

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Robinhood’s crypto-trading subsidiary used to prevent customers from withdrawing the tokens they bought. Though Robinhood Crypto LLC abandoned that policy in 2022, on Wednesday its past practices earned a $3.9 million slap on the wrist from the state of California. The California Department of Justice settled its investigation into what Robinhood’s chief lawyer called “historical

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A Coinbase (COIN) executive appears to have misspoken – or been imprecise – when she said Vice President Kamala Harris is accepting crypto donations. Harris “is accepting donations,” Coinbase Chief Financial Officer Alesia Haas said at a Citigroup event Wednesday. Fortune first reported that news. “She’s using Coinbase Commerce now to accept crypto for her

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The company used the permissioned, private blockchain of fintech firm SWIAT and the Bundesbank’s trigger solution for settlement. The issuance was part of a European Central Bank’s trial to settle central bank money on blockchains. 02:15 Inside Trump’s Crypto Project; Ripple’s Upcoming Stablecoin To Launch in ‘Weeks’: Garlinghouse 01:03 Crypto Saw Lowest Monthly Losses to

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