Ripple Vs. SEC: Pro-XRP Lawyer Weighs In On Possibility Of An Immediate Appeal
In an interesting turn of events, the United States Securities and Exchange Securities (SEC) voluntarily dropped its case against Ripple executives Brad Garlinghouse and Christian Larsen on Thursday, October 19. While this move implies that the trial scheduled for April 2024 will no longer hold, the financial regulator is still pursuing other parts of the […]
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