Decentralized exchange Uniswap has been making some interesting hires, the latest being a communications expert with close ties to the Us Democrat party.

Hari Sevugan, former senior spokesperson for Barack Obama, has joined the Uniswap Labs team according to protocol founder Hayden Adams, who welcomed him aboard on Thursday.

The hire may be office of the squad'southward ongoing endeavor to prepare for stormy regulatory conditions ahead in the United States.

The Washington insider was well known for his role in former President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign. Sevugan will be managing media affairs for Uniswap in improver to assisting the house with relations to new and existing users.

Sevugan stated that it is "no longer in question" that blockchain and crypto will be part of the futurity, before adding:

"I'm excited to join the brilliant team at Uniswap because they're committed to making sure we build in a way that reaches crypto'due south potential of giving more than people ownership of their ain financial futures and the value they create."

The rent comes at a fourth dimension when Uniswap and the entire decentralized finance sector are coming nether increasing scrutiny past U.Due south. financial regulators and policymakers.

In early on September, Cointelegraph reported that the Securities and Substitution Commission had launched an investigation into Uniswap Labs, the firm backside the world's most popular decentralized exchange. It was reported at the time that enforcement attorneys were seeking more information regarding Uniswap'southward marketing and investor services.

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In June, the Uniswap customs voted in favor of a controversial DeFi Education Fund backed past UNI treasury tokens allocated to lobbying and educational initiatives to support the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector and protect information technology from over-regulation.

Sevugan'due south role is likely to see him involved in liaising with lawmakers in an effort to increase awareness for the protocol and the DeFi ecosystem.

"Crypto is opaque and intimidating to many outside of information technology. I desire to aid more people connect to it by making information technology more relatable and understandable," he stated.