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Michael McSweeney
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Paxos is getting off scot-free after the SEC said it wouldn’t pursue legal action against the company
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Plus, Trump is headed to the heart of Bitcoinlandia with a speaking appearance at the Bitcoin 2024 conference
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Plus, Sam Brown’s victory in Nevada could position crypto to be a race-defining issue this November
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Plus, headlines you may have missed between the free drinks at Consensus side events
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DMM Bitcoin said customer bitcoin deposits “will be fully guaranteed” in the wake of the hack
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Plus, 2015: the golden year for Solana’s current crop of memecoin celebrity-influencers
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Solana validators voted in favor of a proposal that would send 100% of priority fees to validators
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The current crop of ETF issuers could’ve only made it this far by promising not to stake any ETH they hoover up
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And, the US Congress drew headlines last week as it moved crypto-friendly regulation to completion
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SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda says that the SEC needs to create a “pathway for compliance”
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The DOJ is alleging that wallet developers should be charged with unlicensed money transmission