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Uniswap's Lindsay Fraser to Run Policy Shop at Blockchain Association

The incoming policy chief arrives as the crypto industry seeks to influence the market structure bill in Congress, including its heavy DeFi implications.

Lindsay Fraser, chief policy officer, Blockchain Association (CoinDesk)

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Senate Democrats' Leaked Crypto Position Would Strangle DeFi, Industry Insiders Say

Language said to be a Democratic proposal on handling decentralized finance in the crypto market structure effort is drawing heavy criticism.

U.S. Congress (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

CFTC Commissioner Mersinger to Be CEO at Blockchain Association

The Republican commissioner at the U.S. commodities regulator will be jumping into the industry just as major pieces of crypto legislation are brewing.

CFTC Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger (CFTC/Shutterstock)

News Analysis

U.S. Crypto Lobbyists Flooding the Zone, But Are There Too Many?

With more than a dozen groups advocating for crypto policies, including two new ones, the field of associations, political operations and lobbyists are legion.

U.S. crypto lobbyists and advocates in Washington (CoinDesk)

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Crypto Advocate Kristin Smith to Exit Blockchain Association for New Solana Group

The chief of one of the industry's most prominent lobbying arms, Smith will leave in May to join the Solana Policy Institute as president, her association says.

Blockchain Association CEO Kristin Smith is leaving the group to join a new Solana organization. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

SEC Backs Off Crypto Dealer Fight, Continues Resetting Industry Approach

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been overhauling its digital asset legal strategy, and this week it dropped an appeal of the crypto dealer rule.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission settled fraud accusations with firms associated with Archblock and the TrueUSD stablecoin. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Industry Asks Congress to Scrap IRS's DeFi Broker Rule

In what may be a big test of the crypto sector's new influence over a markedly friendlier U.S. Congress, it's asking for the reversal of an incoming tax policy.

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Congressional Republicans in Hot Pursuit of Biden-Era's Crypto Debanking

The House Oversight and the Senate Banking committees are probing accusations that U.S. regulators blocked crypto insiders from banking.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Groups Push Ads, Letters to Oppose Democrat's SEC Commissioner Nomination

The Cedar Innovation Foundation and other crypto organizations are lobbying against the re-nomination of Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw.

The Cedar Innovation Foundation has launched ads to oppose SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw.

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U.S. SEC Loses Crypto Lawsuit Over 'Dealer' Definition That Pushed Into Crypto

A Texas federal court ruled that the regulator's new dealer definition that roped in crypto entities was "untethered" to U.S. securities law.

A U.S. court in Texas ordered the SEC to yank a rule that it says unlawfully roped in crypto firms. (Hans Watson/Flickr)

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