# Uniswap founder’s bank account shut down by JP Morgan Chase, shadow-debanking allegations surface

# Uniswap founder’s bank account shut down by JP Morgan Chase, shadow-debanking allegations surface

“# Uniswap founder’s bank account shut down by JP Morgan Chase, shadow-debanking allegations surface ” On Sunday, Hayden Adams, CEO and founder of popular decentralized exchange, or DEX, Uniswap (UNI), claimed that his JP Morgan Chase bank accounts were shut down with no explanation. In addition, Adams stated that the incident was personal in nature…

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# Former CFTC chair Giancarlo joins CoinFund as an adviser

# Former CFTC chair Giancarlo joins CoinFund as an adviser

“# Former CFTC chair Giancarlo joins CoinFund as an adviser ” Blockchain investment firm CoinFund has appointed former United States commodities regulator J. Christopher Giancarlo as a strategic adviser — a move that should help the Brooklyn-based company navigate the complex, ever-changing regulatory requirements in its home country.  Often referred to as “Crypto Dad” by…

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# President Biden sends CFTC nominations to Senate

# President Biden sends CFTC nominations to Senate

“# President Biden sends CFTC nominations to Senate ” The White House has officially submitted President Joe Biden’s nominations to fill two seats at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with the upcoming departure of another commissioner. In a Friday announcement, the White House said it had sent Citi managing director Caroline Pham’s and Summer Mersinger’s…

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# SEC files complaint against operator of ‘unregistered’ M Crowd Machine ICO

# SEC files complaint against operator of ‘unregistered’ $33M Crowd Machine ICO

“# SEC files complaint against operator of ‘unregistered’ $33M Crowd Machine ICO ” The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a suit against Australian Craig Derel Sproule for the allegedly “fraudulent and unregistered” sale “of digital asset securities” in an Initial Coin Offering his company conducted in 2018. The SEC alleges in…

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# Crypto predictions platform Polymarket fined .4M by CTFC

# Crypto predictions platform Polymarket fined $1.4M by CTFC

“# Crypto predictions platform Polymarket fined $1.4M by CTFC ” New York-based crypto predictions platform Polymarket has reached a settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to pay a fine of $1.4 million. Polymarket is a decentralized platform that enables users to bet on the outcomes of event markets such as pro-sports games and…

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# Law Decoded: Making sense of mixed signals, Dec. 13–20

# Law Decoded: Making sense of mixed signals, Dec. 13–20

“# Law Decoded: Making sense of mixed signals, Dec. 13–20 ” The crypto regulation regime in any jurisdiction is an equilibrium among multiple institutional, group and personal interests of actors who have a sway over financial and monetary policies. These interests never perfectly align, frequently resulting in contradictory signals coming out of various power centers….

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