Judge allows Ripple to depose SEC official who decided ETH is not a security
Bill Hinman could be called to testify on his 2018 comments regarding Ethereum’s security status. San-Francisco-based fintech firm Ripple has notched up another small victory in its ongoing battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Netburn has denied the SEC's motion to suppress the deposition of the former director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, William Hinman, in a ruling in New York on Thursday.In June 2018, Hinman said in a speech that based on his understanding of the Ethereum network and its decentralized structure the....
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