Ripple

Policy

Ripple’s Big Court Win Nonetheless Muddied Waters on Whether XRP Is a Security Deserving Tougher Regulation

In a near-vacuum of legal and regulatory clarity for crypto, district judges’ opinions on whether a given token is a security or not – which determines the level of regulation...

By Cheyenne Ligon

Jun 28, 2024 at 7:09 p.m. UTC

Jun 28, 2024

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CEO Brian Armstrong's Coinbase is among the top industry backers of the crypto campaign fund that's shifting the landscape in the 2024 U.S. elections. (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)

Policy

Regulations

Crypto Giants Notch Wins in Expensive Quest to Sway U.S. Politics – Without Mentioning Crypto

Coinbase, Ripple and a16z donated unprecedented money to influence the outcomes of congressional races, but nobody wants to say who's in charge, how it works or even to discus...

By Jesse Hamilton

Jun 26, 2024 at 5:19 p.m. UTC

Jun 26, 2024

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Regulations

California Judge Dismisses Part of Civil Lawsuit Against Ripple, Sends Rest of Securities Case to Trial

U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton dismissed all four of the class action claims against Ripple but will allow one state law claim to proceed to trial.

By Cheyenne Ligon

Jun 20, 2024 at 9:28 p.m. UTC

Jun 20, 2024

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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse (Scott Moore/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

Regulations

Ripple Donates Another $25M to Crypto Super PAC Fairshake

Ripple’s new contribution to Fairshake is on top of another $25 million donation to the pro-crypto PAC in 2023.

By Cheyenne Ligon

May 29, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. UTC

May 29, 2024

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Markets

Solana

SOL, XRP Could Be Possible Candidates for ETFs, Standard Chartered Says

Standard Chartered analyst Geoffrey Kendric said that those exchange-traded funds could be on the horizon in 2025.

By Helene Braun

May 24, 2024 at 2:33 p.m. UTC

May 24, 2024

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Policy

Coinbase

Coinbase, Kraken, Others Form Coalition to Tackle 'Pig Butchering' Scams

The group also includes prominent crypto companies Ripple and Gemini, as well as Meta and Match Group, the parent company of dating apps Tinder and Hinge

By Jamie Crawley

May 22, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. UTC

May 22, 2024

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Do Kwon and the company he co-founded, Terraform Labs, are hoping to get a federal judge to decide the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission hasn't made its securities-fraud case. (CoinDesk TV and Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Opinion

Do Kwon's Huge Fine Shows the SEC Is Ratcheting Up Penalties Against Crypto Firms

Suggested fines the securities watchdog suggested for Terraform Labs and Ripple are out-of-line with what it has collected from crypto firms in the past.

By Daniel Kuhn

Apr 24, 2024 at 8:24 p.m. UTC

Apr 24, 2024

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Ripple ad in Washington's Union Station (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

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Regulations

Ripple Says $10M Penalty Enough, Rejects SEC’s Ask of $1.95B Fine in Final Judgment

The court had found Ripple violated federal securities laws by making institutional sales of XRP but dismissed other allegations brought by the SEC.

By Amitoj Singh

Apr 23, 2024 at 7:32 a.m. UTC

Apr 23, 2024

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Finance

Metaco

Ripple-Owned Metaco Sees Most of Execs and Marketing Teams Depart: Source

Since being acquired by Ripple last year, Metaco has now lost its CTO, Angel Nunez, its head of sales, Craig Perrin, and product marketing lead Mei Li Powell, as well as marke...

By Ian Allison

Apr 10, 2024 at 3:23 p.m. UTC

Apr 10, 2024

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