{"id":15078,"date":"2025-02-26T11:32:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T11:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=15078"},"modified":"2025-02-26T11:32:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T11:32:29","slug":"sec-drops-uniswap-investigation-no-disciplinary-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=15078","title":{"rendered":"SEC Drops Uniswap Investigation, No Disciplinary Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has drastically shifted its stance on crypto since previous Chair Gary Gensler quit. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SEC has revealed that its investigation into Uniswap Labs has been dropped with no disciplinary action.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>On 25 February 2025, Uniswap Labs celebrated closing of the investigation with a post on X. \u201cThis is a huge win for DeFi and reaffirms what we\u2019ve always known \u2013 that the technology we build is on the right side of the law, and our work is on the right side of history,\u201d said Uniswap Labs.<\/p>\n<p>But Uniswap isn\u2019t the only company that witnessed SEC\u2019s kindness.\u00a0The heated lawsuit between Ripple Labs and the SEC has suddenly disappeared from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener nofollow\">SEC website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Ripple case that started in December 2020 has no remaining references on the SEC website. This has led the crypto community to believe that after the Trump Administration and the new SEC leadership came into effect, many crypto-related lawsuits will be dropped.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In April, the SEC issued a Wells notice claiming that Uniswap Labs operated as an unregistered broker, operated an exchange, and issued an unregistered security<\/p>\n<p>As of yesterday, that investigation has officially been closed, and the SEC is taking no enforcement action<\/p>\n<p>This is a\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Uniswap Labs <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/1f984.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd84\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"> (@Uniswap) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Uniswap\/status\/1894452298698358989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">February 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Explore: <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/ripple-lawsuit-suddenly-disappears-from-sec-website-will-xrp-rally\/\">Ripple Lawsuit Suddenly Disappears From SEC Website: Will XRP Rally?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"downside-triggered-by-gensler-again-united-states-sec-to-sue-uniswap\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gensler And SEC Sued Uniswap<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">On April 10 2024, the SEC served Uniswap Labs with a Wells Notice, a precursor to a formal enforcement action.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey went after us despite having no clear legal basis, as part of a strategy of arbitrary enforcement to try to force DeFi into a regulatory framework that doesn\u2019t fit\u2014all while refusing to provide clear rules or a path to compliance,\u201d said Hayden Adams, inventor\u00a0 of Uniswap protocol.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to Adams, the investigation took over three years, \u201cforcing us to waste incredible amounts of time and millions of dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt also had a personal impact \u2014 federal investigations are violating and stressful to the point where there is a saying among lawyers that \u201cthe investigation IS the punishment.\u201d That shouldn\u2019t be the price of innovation in the US,\u201d said Adams.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the win, Uniswap CLO, Katherine Minarik said, \u201cIt\u2019s the right result to have our SEC investigation closed without any enforcement action. But there is no way to unwind the enormous (and unnecessary!) costs of so many other investigations and litigations in crypto.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Criticising the SEC, Minarik commented on the lost time, \u201cThe good products to improve financial access for all that we couldn\u2019t build. The good jobs in America that we couldn\u2019t create. Perhaps at least we have learned an important lesson about the harms that can follow when regulators turn too quickly to their enforcement powers instead of dialogue, especially with good faith actors. There is a better way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">EXPLORE:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/best-ai-crypto-coins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">10 Best AI Crypto Coins to Invest in 2025<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>A Huge Win For DeFi As A Whole<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The SEC\u2019s decision to drop its investigation into Uniswap Labs, the entity behind the decentralized exchange, marks a major shift in how the regulator views decentralized finance (DeFi). Historically, the SEC has scrutinized DeFi platforms for potential violations of securities laws, often arguing that certain tokens or activities fall under its jurisdiction. However, recent developments suggest the agency is re-evaluating this approach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Netizens deem this to be a huge win, not just for Uniswap Labs but for DeFi as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt reaffirms what we\u2019ve said all along: that decentralized technology and self-custody are inherently different from the centralized, intermediated systems they aim to replace,\u201d said Adams.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">EXPLORE:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/new-cryptocurrency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Best New Cryptocurrencies to Invest in 2025<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">    <\/p>\n<div class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways\">\n<h3 class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__title\">Key Takeaways<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">    <\/p>\n<ul class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list\">\n        <\/ul>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">    <\/p>\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n        <\/li>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The SEC\u2019s decision to drop its investigation into Uniswap represents more than just a single case dismissal; it signals a potential turning point in US crypto regulation<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">    <\/p>\n<li class=\"nnbtc-key-takeaways__list-item\">\n            <\/li>\n<p>     <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Uniswap Labs had been under investigation by the SEC for allegedly offering unregistered securities through its platform.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">    <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/sec-drops-uniswap-investigation-no-disciplinary-action\/\">SEC Drops Uniswap Investigation, No Disciplinary Action<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/\">99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has drastically shifted its stance on crypto since previous Chair Gary Gensler quit. SEC has revealed that its investigation into Uniswap Labs has been dropped with no disciplinary action.\u00a0 On 25 February 2025, Uniswap Labs celebrated closing of the investigation with a post on X. \u201cThis is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-15078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15078\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}