Grayscale Investments Terminates XRP Trust Citing Impact of SEC Lawsuit Again...

Grayscale Investments Terminates XRP Trust Citing Impact of SEC Lawsuit Again...

Grayscale Investments is shutting down its Grayscale XRP Trust and liquidating its XRP holdings in order to distribute cash proceeds to the trust’s shareholders. The firm cited difficulty in converting XRP into U.S. dollars following the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Ripple. Grayscale Axes XRP Trust Grayscale Investments announced Wednesday that it is commencing the “dissolution of Grayscale XRP Trust.” The company detailed that on Dec. 22, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decided “to file a federal court....


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