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Coinbase, Uniswap, Robinhood, Kraken, and Consensys are the names the digital asset industry has grown used to watching receive the dreaded Wells Notices from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These companies are exchanges offering a wide range of tokens on their platforms, many of which are clearly investment vehicles with the promise of future profits thanks to the work of centralized teams. It would make sense for some of the offerings on these platforms to fall under the category of security.

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