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Story: Ethereum DeFi Giants Unite to Form Advocacy Alliance for Fair Crypto Policy

By MikeT

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Key Members: Aave, Uniswap, Curve, and Lido. The EPAA brings together some of Ethereum’s most influential projects, including Aave Labs,…

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Countering the Influence of Centralized Players. The alliance’s creation comes amid growing concerns that large, centralized crypto companies…

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EPAA’s Four Core Policy Goals. The Ethereum Protocol Advocacy Alliance outlined a strategic roadmap for how it plans to engage…

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Ethereum Ecosystem Expands Institutional and Governance Initiatives. The creation of the EPAA aligns with a broader wave of growth and refinement across the Ethereum…

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A Unified Front for Decentralized Policy Advocacy. With the launch of the Ethereum Protocol Advocacy Alliance, Ethereum’s leading DeFi protocols are…

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Major decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols on Ethereum have joined forces to form the Ethereum Protocol Advocacy Alliance (EPAA) — a new coalition aimed at improving…

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Announced on Tuesday, the EPAA emphasized that its primary mission is to ensure fair representation for on-chain protocols and developers within global regulatory discussions.

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In a statement, the EPAA explained, “This imbalance has often left the principles and technologies underpinning on-chain infrastructure misunderstood or overlooked.”

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The EPAA brings together some of Ethereum’s most influential projects, including Aave Labs, Aragon, Curve, Lido Labs Foundation, Spark Foundation, The Graph Foundation, and the…

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Collectively, these organizations secure more than $100 billion in digital assets through transparent, open-source protocols that operate without intermediaries.

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“Drawing on our pragmatic and technical experience, we will advocate for on-chain solutions to regulatory challenges,” the group stated, signaling its readiness to play a…

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The Ethereum Foundation has also endorsed the EPAA initiative. Co-executive director Tomasz K.

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The alliance’s creation comes amid growing concerns that large, centralized crypto companies dominate political lobbying in the United States.

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Fairshake spent nearly $195.8 million during the previous election cycle, illustrating the deep financial resources that centralized entities can deploy to shape policy outcomes.

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In contrast, decentralized networks have historically struggled to organize collective lobbying efforts, given their open-source nature and lack of centralized leadership.

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