Ripple Backs The SEC Into A Corner Over Ether’s Securities Status

Ripple Backs The SEC Into A Corner Over Ether’s Securities Status

Ripple recently filed a “motion to compel responses to interrogatories” in which they ask the SEC whether Ether is a security. As pointed out by Attorney Jeremy Hogan, this line of questioning is an “AMAZING” move, in that, regardless of the answer given, the SEC will weaken their case. Last month, at the Aspen Security Forum, […]


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