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In the backdrop of the ongoing saga between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple Labs, John Deaton, a pro-XRP attorney, condemned the SEC after the securities regulator tried to drop the disputed Debt Box litigation to avoid potential charges and penalties for deceiving the court.
SEC Backlash
The SEC admitted to making misleading representations in the Debt Box case and decided to drop Debt Box’s $50 million fraud lawsuit.
The SEC received scathing criticism from multiple federal courts, including Judge Torres, who labeled SEC lawyers as hypocrites in the Ripple action. An Appellate Court in the Grayscale case concluded that the SEC’s refusal of a spot Bitcoin ETF was unreasonable and unfair.
Coinbase CLO. Paul Grewal also slammed the SEC and its lawyers for withdrawing a complaint after harming the firms and seeking dismissal without prejudice.
“I’m sorry, so sorry
How long must you punish me?
Why can’t we just move on?
Let bygones be bygones
But you never will
What’s the difference
If this time I’m the one that did the wrong?
Should it matter?”Dolly Parton, “Bygones.” And the SEC in its sur-reply in Debt Box. pic.twitter.com/eS6ZStxp2A
— paulgrewal.eth (@iampaulgrewal) January 30, 2024
Ripple Labs 101
XRP is a cryptocurrency that Ripple Labs uses to conduct transactions on its network.
While Ripple is a centralized fintech company that began as RipplePay in 2004, it was later co-founded by Chris Larsen and Jed McCaleb in 2012 with the vision of creating a faster and more secure way of doing transactions around the world.
Although the two have been used interc
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Author: AMBCrypto Team