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SEC Vs Ripple Lawsuit Dropped

By Nina Bambysheva. (Forbes). March 25, 2025. RIPPLE CEO SAYS SEC HAS DROPPED ITS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE COMPANY Brad Garlinghouse didn’t bury the lede. “It’s over,” the CEO of Ripple declared in a video posted to X on Wednesday, announcing the end of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s yearslong lawsuit against his company, the developer of the […]
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Government’s Attack Vectors

By Kristi Warner The government’s approach to remedies and bitcoin mining are similar examples of agencies utilizing tools at their disposal to attack the crypto industry.  Remedies In July 2023, the SEC lost in the Ripple case on the main legal theories – Judge Torres ruled that secondary market sales were not sales of unregistered […]
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CryptoLaw: Looking Ahead

By Kristi Warner Since CryptoLaw launched in 2021, we have accomplished so much as a community. John started CryptoLaw as a reaction to “gross government overreach” – his goal was to build a trusted platform that people could turn to for news, updates, and analysis on legal and policy issues related to digital assets and […]
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Ripple Settlement Offers Hope For Better Regulatory Future

By J.W. Verret. Law360. April 16, 2025. Editor’s note: Law360 welcomes opinionated commentary and debate in our Expert Analysis section. To submit op-eds or rebuttals, or to speak to an editor about submissions, please email [email protected]. Four years ago, I wrote that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s approach to cryptocurrency regulation was “haphazard and […]
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The Crypto Ball Is In Congress’ Court

By Dan Ikenson. Forbes. April 15, 2025. In May 2024, prospects for the United States becoming a global innovation center for digital assets and other promising blockchain technologies were gloomy. Regulatory uncertainty and general hostility from Washington presented high hurdles to industry growth. But the perseverance of determined entrepreneurs, changes in U.S. political leadership, and a […]
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Pro-Crypto Policies Surge As Banks Lag—Here’s How They Can Catch Up

By Tonya M. Evans. (Forbes). January 27, 2025. The landscape of digital assets is undergoing a significant shift as pro crypto regulatory clarity begins to take shape. Policymakers are moving faster than the price of Bitcoin. In recent weeks, significant developments, such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) withdrawal of the contentious Staff Accounting […]
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