Ripple Labs is addressing the U.S. Securities and Change Fee (SEC) and calling out the regulatory company for what the agency says is inconsistent enforcement actions.
In its Q2 2023 XRP Markets Stories, Ripple Labs slams the SEC, saying that its insurance policies by no means really defend shoppers given the regulator was absent throughout FTX’s excessive profile multibillion-dollar meltdown in 2022.
Ripple additionally says that the SEC’s actions present that it’s actively working towards retail traders.
“The SEC’s regulation-by-enforcement marketing campaign was by no means the best strategy to guard anybody. In truth, the SEC’s strategy has solely repeatedly harm the retail shopper.
When the SEC sued Ripple in 2020, $15 billion in XRP market cap was eviscerated, on the expense of numerous XRP holders. If the SEC was really the lawful cop on the crypto beat, how (and why) did it miss the FTX debacle?
If the SEC cared in regards to the retail shopper, why did it drive BlockFi into chapter 11, leaving the retail dealer holding the bag whereas the SEC collected fines so it might seize headlines?”
The SEC first sued Ripple Labs in 2020 underneath allegations the agency was promoting XRP as an unregistered safety. In July, a decide made a landmark ruling in favor of XRP, declaring that Ripple’s programmatic gross sales of the asset didn’t qualify as securities transactions.
In response to Ripple, the SEC’s enforcement actions have been an intimidation tactic, and SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s declare that every one digital property besides Bitcoin (BTC) are securities has been debunked.
“The SEC’s misguided marketing campaign of regulation by enforcement has been uncovered for what it’s – a technique of intimidation and misinformation in furtherance of its personal quest for political energy.
Mr. Gensler’s oft repeated assertion that every one crypto tokens besides Bitcoin are securities topic to the SEC’s jurisdiction has now been firmly debunked.”
XRP is buying and selling for $0.681 at time of writing, a 1.3% lower over the past 24 hours.
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