On July 13, Ripple scored a big win in its nearly three-year-long legal battle against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after a court ruled that the majority of XRP sales do not fall under the classification of securities transactions. This has raised questions about the potential implications for cryptocurrencies, such as Solana (SOL),...Read More
Ripple’s partial victory in its fight with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a court ruling paved the way for small but significant regulatory clarity that the cryptocurrency industry was deprived of for so long. Now all eyes are on the security regulator who, according to Congressman Ritchie Torres, is acting like “an...Read More
XRP appears to be leading the altcoin rally fetching over 66% in the past day alone. This comes after Ripple Labs managed to score a victory in the SEC case crippling the financial regulator’s plan to regulate the digital asset industry. The market has reacted positively to the District Court for the Southern District of...Read More
Recent comments regarding Bitcoin exchanges from Gary Gensler – Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – suggest that his agency may not be so eager to approve the recent wave of Bitcoin spot ETF applications in its mailbox. The chairman claimed that crypto trading platforms like Coinbase are structured in such a...Read More
XRP is booming after Judge Analisa Torres’s ruling on Thursday that most sales of the Ripple-issued cryptocurrency do not constitute securities transactions. The ruling brings a conclusion to a three-year-long lawsuit that is expected to set a firm precedent for many crypto issuers’ legal standing in the United States going forward. Let’s dig into the...Read More
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a lawsuit against fallen crypto lender Celsius and its ex-boss, Alex Mashinsky after the latter was reportedly arrested on Thursday. The agency accused Celsius of illegally raising billions of dollars through unregistered securities offerings, but only named CEL token as a relevant crypto security in the...Read More
LBRY Inc – the firm that’s responsible for developing the LBRY Protocol – announced that it will be closing shop. This comes after it received a final judgment in the case against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this week. LBRY lost the case. The judge sided with the Commission and ruled that...Read More
It’s no surprise that XRP investors are expecting a ruling in the case between Ripple and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. According to a recent report from Kaiko, they are already positioning themselves, which is reflected in the increased trading volume. Kaiko reports that XRP ranks third in trading volume as investors are...Read More
LBRY Inc – the firm responsible for developing the LBRY protocol – has announced it will close operations after receiving a final judgment in its case with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday. Since the announcement, LBRY token (LBC) has collapsed 14% in value. A federal judge sided with the SEC in...Read More
Crypto investment company Paradigm has filed an amicus brief in the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) case against Bittrex, claiming that the regulator is “wrongfully attempting to lay claim over crypto secondary markets.” The brief filed on July 7th stated that the case against the US-based crypto exchange should be dismissed. It argued that...Read More
Grayscale, the owner of the world’s largest Bitcoin fund, has grown even more frustrated with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after the regulator approved a leveraged Bitcoin futures ETF last month. The firm has taken its complaint to the court, arguing that the approval strengthens its case that the SEC’s denial of its...Read More
The case between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and Ripple is one that the entire cryptocurrency community is looking at. The outcome of the lawsuit is likely to determine whether XRP is a security – a decision that might have considerable implications for the rest of the industry. Ripple v. SEC Case: When...Read More
John Deaton, a pro-Ripple lawyer representing thousands of XRP holders, believes the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) strategically capitalized on Ripple’s commitment to transparency and used it to target the company and its CEO, Brad Garlinghouse. The attorney shared his thoughts in response to a Twitter post by Delphi Labs’ general counsel Gabriel...Read More
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a response to Coinbase’s recent filing, in which it claims that the exchange made a “calculated decision” to act as an unregistered securities intermediary. The company filed to dismiss the SEC’s charges back in June. The agency launched a full-on legal operation against two of the...Read More
John Deaton, crypto lawyer and legal representative of XRP holders in the lawsuit between Ripple and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has disclosed that a recent class action brought against the company would most likely be made void if the firm wins the case. In a recent tweet, Deaton said the class action...Read More
Noah Perlman – Chief Compliance Officer of Binance – said he will continue working at the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. The company has been coping with serious regulatory problems recently, while some top executives resigned from their posts. CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) confirmed the departures, but claimed they were not related to the lawsuits coming...Read More
The SEC’s subsequent enforcement actions, first against Ripple and XRP, followed by Binance and Coinbase, have contributed to the sufferings of other crypto exchanges from a liquidity standpoint. There has been a major shift in the CEX landscape that has already faced challenges following the FTX implosion. A new report suggested that a slow recovery...Read More
Last week, Coinbase filed to dismiss the charges brought against it by the SEC. Motivating its approach, the exchange accused the agency of overreach, stating that crypto assets may not even come under their purview. The leading US crypto exchange also accused the SEC of ignoring prior approvals given for the sale of some of...Read More
Rapid disinformation attacks are one of the most significant challenges in the digital ecosystem. This time, the alleged resignation of United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler took the internet by storm. The news stories ultimately turned out to be a hoax, much to the crypto community’s disappointment. But at the center...Read More
Several financial giants, including Fidelity, 21Shares, and WisdomTree, have changed their filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission in regard to their applications for Bitcoin Spot ETFs. This comes just hours after the US securities regulator reportedly warned that all recent filings for such products were “inadequate.” BlackRock splashed the waters two weeks ago when...Read More
A low-profile but highly influential senior executive at Binance has spoken out as the company begins legal battles against two top market regulators in the United States. Yi He, who boasts a massive fortune as one of the company’s early shareholders, has also had children with Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ). The SEC Lawsuit He...Read More
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has reportedly issued a warning that the recent Bitcoin Spot ETF filings by financial giants, such as Fidelity and BlackRock, could lack comprehensive details. The agency has a long history of rejecting such products in the States, and its current war on crypto is likely not helping. BlackRock made...Read More
Merely a few weeks after the SEC sued the platform for facilitating unregistered trading with 12 tokens that the agency considers to be securities, Coinbase’s legal representatives have filed for a complete dismissal of the lawsuit, citing concerns regarding the legal authority of the regulator. Prior Approval Disregarded One of the principal arguments laid out...Read More
The company behind the world’s largest Bitcoin fund has a 70% chance of overcoming the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a major crypto industry lawsuit, according to Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Legal Analyst Elliot Z. Stein. Given the circumstances, the firm’s analysts assign a 50% likelihood to a Bitcoin spot ETF being approved in...Read More
The case between Ripple and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission rages on. We’ve recently explored how the lawsuit could affect the entire crypto industry, talking to legal experts with interesting commentary on the matter. With that said, let’s have a look at some of the most recent developments as of today – June...Read More
With the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launching a full offensive against crypto this year, an ongoing lawsuit against one of the agency’s first industry targets – Ripple – remains as prevalent as ever. Given recent developments, many parties close to the case believe the court’s ruling may be imminent. How might the result...Read More
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has given up its slot as one of the first creditors to be repaid by the insolvent crypto lending platform BlockFi. The move comes as the SEC is facing intense pressure from a legal battle against the cryptocurrency exchange, Binance. U.S. SEC Forfeits Front-Row Seat for Investors...Read More
Binance’s U.S. subsidiary has challenged claims from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that the company mismanaged user assets as “misleading.” In a motion filed on Wednesday, the exchange pointed to contradictory statements from the regulator suggesting that customers’ assets have not, in fact, been transferred outside of the United States. The SEC’s Conflicting Statements...Read More
Invesco – an American investment company with over $1.4 trillion of assets under management – reactivated its attempts to launch a Bitcoin Spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States. WisdomTree – another US finance giant – submitted a similar application to the SEC. The latest efforts come a few days after the world’s largest...Read More
Analysts at American multinational financial services giant JPMorgan said in a report that the Hinman documents released last week in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s legal tussle with the blockchain payments firm Ripple would likely trigger more decentralization in the crypto realm. The research report, seen by CoinDesk, further noted that the documents provide a...Read More
