Ripple to Meet With SEC in First Pretrial Conference on Feb. 22

The SEC’s case against Ripple for selling XRP as an unlicensed security will begin with a pretrial in February 2021. The United States District Court of the Southern District of New York has fixed Feb. 22, 2021 as the date for the pretrial of the lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission against Ripple Labs and its principal actors.According to a court document filed on Tuesday, counsel representing all parties on the matter will hold a telephone pretrial conference. As part of preparations for the preliminary hearing, the parties in the case will submit a joint letter a week....

Both parties are currently not considering terms for a pretrial settlement. The changing of the guard at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission seems to have affected any possible pretrial settlement in the SEC’s case against Ripple.This conclusion was part of a joint discovery letter filed on Monday before Judge Analisa Torres of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.Commenting on the prospects of a pretrial settlement, the letter reads:“Counsel for the parties have met and conferred and, having previously discussed settlement, do not believe there is....

Bitcoiners From Around the World Meet in Amsterdam. Over the past three days, we saw in Amsterdam the fourth major Bitcoin conference this year, following the Bitcoin conference in San Jose in May and the two in London and New York in July. The event brought together roughly two hundred people from around the world, and packed in three days of presentations and panel discussions on Bitcoin businesses, software development, government regulation and even economics. Many businesses took the opportunity to announce their presence for the first time through booths or presentations, and many....

Last month, over 600 people congregated in Las Vegas for the Inside Bitcoins conference, including yours truly. The critical mass of bitcoin pioneers and thought leaders was stunning, and I wrote about the top ten movers and shakers I had the chance to meet in person. This past weekend, nearly twice as many people attended the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami, and the attendees continued to wow me with their enthusiasm, creativity, and raw intelligence. As I flew back to Boston, I realized that the conference's palpable energy stemmed just as much from the quality of the....

Bitcoin conference comes to Prague this spring. This May, the city of Prague plays host to the Bitcoin Prague Conference. The meet which will take place on May 14th 2015 will bring together key players in the crypto community, and is being billed by the organizers as an opportunity to meet "future business partners, colleagues and adherents." Some of the topics to be discussed at the conference will include forecasts on Bitcoin in 2015, the future prospects of blockchain technology, investment, regulation and gambling using cryptocurrency. CCN spoke to one of the conference organizers,....