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 <li>CFTC's $175K fine against Uniswap Labs highlights its commitment to regulating DeFi, despite internal disagreements on enforcement methods.</li>  
 <li>SEC's scrutiny of Uniswap adds to regulatory pressures, pushing for clearer DeFi rules to ensure compliance and innovation protection.</li>  
 <li>Uniswap's suspension of leveraged tokens shows proactive steps to align with CFTC's concerns on regulatory authority over commodities.</li> 
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<p>The CFTC has charged Uniswap Labs for letting everyday American investors trade leveraged Bitcoin illegally. On September 4, the CFTC <a href="https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/8961-24" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">filed</a> charges; later, news arose that <a href="https://uniswap.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Uniswap Labs </a>had consented to pay a $175,000 civil penalty as part of the settlement. As per the conditions of the settlement, <a href="https://cryptonewsland.com/uniswap-unveils-major-upgrade-to-uniswapx-future-prospects-for-uni-explored/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Uniswap Labs has also issued</a> a cease-action order (CEA) against DeFi.</p>  
<p>With this action, the CFTC demonstrates its resolve to uphold the CEA even as digital asset platforms change. The director of enforcement at the CFTC, Ian McGinley, underlined that DeFi operators need to make sure their transactions abide by the law.&nbsp;</p>  
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-regulatory-disagreements-and-impact-on-defi"><strong>Regulatory Disagreements and Impact on DeFi</strong></h3>  
<p>Still, not every CFTC employee was on board with the strategy. One of the five commissioners of the agency, Summer Mersinger, disapproved of the enforcement action. Mersinger expressed dissatisfaction at the absence of precise guidelines for DeFi protocols and referred to it as "regulation through enforcement." She asked the Commission to think about enacting rules or, at the absolute least, to offer recommendations on how DeFi protocols can abide by current laws.</p>  
<p>Uniswap had already stopped trading the particular leveraged tokens that set off the CFTC's intervention. These tokens were apparently developed by Index Coop, a DeFi protocol well-known for its leveraged yield methods; these tokens include BTC2XFLI and ETH2XFLI. The CFTC's attention to these tokens emphasizes that it has regulatory authority over commodities transactions that are leveraged or margined.</p>  
<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-broader-regulatory-scrutiny-and-industry-response"><strong>Broader Regulatory Scrutiny and Industry Response</strong></h3>  
<p>Along with the CFTC, Uniswap has also been the target of the <a href="https://cryptonewsland.com/lido-dao-ldo-drops-25-on-sec-investigation-news-eth-holders-are-switching-to-this-new-ethereum-based-token-set-to-skyrocket/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">US Securities and Exchange Commission</a> (SEC). The SEC accused Uniswap Labs of running an unregistered securities exchange in a Wells Notice granted to the business earlier this year.</p>  
<p>To be clear, Uniswap is not a stock exchange but a software company. The DeFi sector has been charged by SEC Chair Gary Gensler with widespread fraud and noncompliance; further research should be done on this subject. Investigating authorities are the SEC and the CFTC.</p>  
<p>Notably, the cryptocurrency sector is still advocating for Congress to issue more precise regulations. Industry leaders claim that without them, American innovation may be hindered. Regulators insist that current legislation must be obeyed in spite of this.<br></p> 
<p>The post <a href="https://cryptonewsland.com/uniswap-fined-1-75k-as-cftc-ramps-up-activity-over-defi-trading-rule-breaches/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Uniswap Fined $1.75K as CFTC Ramps up Activity Over DeFi Trading Rule Breaches</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptonewsland.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Crypto News Land</a>.</p>

Uniswap Fined $1.75K as CFTC Ramps up Activity Over DeFi Trading Rule Breaches

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