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A new bill in Canada would ban crypto donations to political parties, a move which election overseers have supported in past recommendations to Parliament.
Aaron Wood
Aaron Wood is a staff writer at Cointelegraph. He is a senior features writer covering cryptocurrency-related policy, regulation, politics, and energy usage. He holds degrees in political science and economics and previously worked on election campaigns for the Democratic Farm–Labor Party in Minnesota, as well as serving as a managing and technical editor for the ENERPO newsletter and academic journal at the European University in St. Petersburg.
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