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Under Trump, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Scales Back Enforcement, Worrying Farmers

The fate of two cotton brokers highlights how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has scaled back its regulatory actions not just for crypto cases but also for the kinds of cases it has long policed.

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, led by Michael S. Selig, has slowed enforcement. It has filed an average of one new complaint a month, one-fifth as many as during the Biden administration.

The Crypto Industry Targets Sherrod Brown of Ohio, a Top Democratic Senate Candidate

Angry after the defeat of a major crypto bill last week, the industry is planning to spend $30 million against Sherrod Brown in Ohio.

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Former Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, a Democrat, is running again for Senate after losing in 2024, when the cryptocurrency industry spent heavily to defeat him.
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