Bitwise insists ‘no affiliation’ with startup facing SEC charges

Bitwise Asset Management stresses it has no relationship with the startup Bitwise Industries, whose founders have been charged with conspiring to commit wire fraud.
Source: Bitwise insists ‘no affiliation’ with startup facing SEC charges (https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitwise-asset-management-sec-startup-same-name)
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