{"id":"tp-964","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-Up – December 21st, 2018","author":"Shampa Mani","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/964","datePublished":"2018-12-21T11:19:32.000Z","dateModified":"2018-12-21T11:19:32.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"US lawmakers seek to exclude cryptocurrencies from federal securities laws Two U.S. lawmakers, Reps. 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