The SEC has been investigating Uniswap Labs, the main developer of the DEX, since 2021. Due to growing regulatory pressure, the platform has delisted several tokens.

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The SEC has been investigating Uniswap Labs, the main developer of the DEX, since 2021. Due to growing regulatory pressure, the platform has delisted several tokens.

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The SEC has been investigating Uniswap Labs, Uniswap’s main developer, since 2021. The DEX has previously delisted several tokens from its platform, citing growing regulatory pressure.

The SEC has been investigating the leading Ethereum DEX for years. Back in September 2021, the Wall Street Journal reported that the regulator was looking into Uniswap Labs, launching a probe into how the exchange—which lets users trade directly with each other in a peer-to-peer fashion without an intermediary—worked and how it had been marketed to users.

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SEC issues Wells Notice to Uniswap Labs, signaling a likely forthcoming enforcement action

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