Ripple Assails the SEC, Claims the $1.3 billion Lawsuit is an ‘Attack on the ...
Ripple has hit back at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), accusing it of creating more uncertainty and failing in its duty to protect the crypto community. In panning the SEC’s decision to designate its XRP token as a security, the company claims the regulator’s lawsuit against it amounts to an attack on the entire crypto market in the US. XRP Token Holders Affected The latest comments by the Ripple team follow reports of the delisting of the XRP token by Coinbase. In a short statement released on December 29, the firm, which is promising another....
Related News
In December 2020, the US Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Ripple and its chief executives, Brad Garlinghouse and Chris Larsen. According to the SEC, Ripple traded $1.3 billion in their cryptocurrency XRP as a security without notifying the commission. Ripple and other parties have now rebutted the watchdog’s judgment with claims of […]
Ripple’s chief executive has shared his views on possible outcomes of the lawsuit brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over the sale of xrp, which the regulator claims to be an unregistered securities offering. Ripple’s CEO Discusses Implications of SEC Winning the Lawsuit Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse discussed the lawsuit brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over XRP earlier this month in an interview with Axios at the Collision 2022 event. The SEC sued Ripple Labs, Garlinghouse, and co-founder Chris Larsen in December 2020,....
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to bring a lawsuit against Ripple over the XRP cryptocurrency which it considers a security, according to Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse. Insisting that XRP is not a security, he calls the SEC’s lawsuit an attack on cryptocurrency that is out of step with the G20 countries and the rest of the U.S. government. SEC to Bring Lawsuit Against Ripple Over XRP, CEO Calls It an Attack on Crypto The SEC is reportedly set to file a lawsuit against Ripple, CEO Brad Garlinghouse, and co-founder Chris Larsen, over the sale of the XRP....
Major exchanges scramble to disassociate themselves with XRP as Ripple tries to regain control of the narrative. Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex announced on Dec. 29 that it will be removing all XRP markets starting from Jan. 15, 2021. Trading pairs affected are BTC/XRP, ETH/XRP, USDT/XRP and USD/XRP.The announcement comes just days after fellow exchange Coinbase said that it would suspend trading in XRP from Jan. 19.XRP’s fortunes have taken a significant downturn since the United States Securities and Exchange Commission unveiled a lawsuit against XRP issuer Ripple last week.The lawsuit....
Another class-action lawsuit has been filed against Ripple Labs and CEO Brad Garlinghouse. This lawsuit follows the one filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleging that the defendants sold XRP, which it considers unregistered security, for over $1.38 billion. The lawsuit, filed Monday in a Florida district court alleges that the “sale of XRP cryptocurrency tokens to Florida residents” violates Florida securities laws. The suit names Ripple Lab Inc., XRP II LLC, and Garlinghouse as the defendants. They have allegedly sold “millions of dollars (or....