Ripple's CTO Emeritus David Schwartz challenged the SEC's portrayal of XRP as solely a security sold through unregistered offerings, highlighting that the SEC's complaint described XRP itself as a security. The 2023 court ruling distinguished XRP tokens from the sales methods, penalizing institutional sales but not programmatic exchange sales. The case ended in 2025 with a mixed ruling, imposing penalties on Ripple for unregistered institutional sales while protecting other XRP transactions. This ongoing debate shapes XRP's legal narrative and investor understanding of its regulatory status.
Retail investors are showing increased bullish sentiment on XRP, reaching a 5-week high in positive comments compared to bearish ones. Despite this optimism, analysts caution that XRP is still in the early stages of a broader bottoming process, requi...
Ripple celebrates the third anniversary of a pivotal U.S. court ruling that declared XRP is not a security, distinguishing the digital asset from certain sales transactions. The 2023 decision by Judge Analisa Torres rejected the SEC's claim that XRP ...
XRP has fallen more than 6% over the past month, currently trading near $1.09 with bearish momentum since its August 2025 peak of $3.66. Large transactions over $1 million on the XRP Ledger have sharply declined from about 70 to just 2, indicating re...
David Schwartz, Ripple's former CTO, disputed claims that the SEC's lawsuit focused only on XRP sales, stating the SEC repeatedly called XRP itself a security before courts rejected this. The 2020 lawsuit led to a mixed ruling where programmatic XRP ...
Zach Rynes, the Chainlink community lead, stated that XRP has yet to achieve meaningful adoption within the global financial system. This comment reignites ongoing discussions about the practical use and acceptance of XRP as a financial asset. The de...
