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In the ongoing debate on Ripple (XRP) and its intrinsic value, attorney Deaton’s response to Australian-based lawyer Bill Morgan’s criticism of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) stance has sparked further discussion. The central point of contention lies in whether XRP possesses intrinsic value, a question that holds significant implications for the regulatory classification of the cryptocurrency. Maybe the SEC should read Howey again: “The test is whether...

Though many doubted their odds, Grayscale has defeated the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in court, bringing the U.S. market one step closer to approval of a Bitcoin spot ETF. Going into its lawsuit, certain legal and market experts saw Grayscale’s victory as quite likely: Here are just a few of them Why Grayscale’s Victory Was Assured Back in June, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Legal Analyst Elliot Z. Stein afforded Grayscale a 70% chance of winning its lawsuit...

Is Elon Musk going to bring crypto payments to X? In a Monday filing, the tech billionaire’s social media platform secured the Rhode Island Currency Transmission License, which is crucial for offering such services within the state. Dogecoin On X? The approval, confirmed by the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS), comes after X (formerly Twitter) began applying for money transmitter licenses in every required U.S. state last month. In the United States, money...

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a motion to dismiss seven expert witnesses proposed by the legal team of Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the disgraced founder and former CEO of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX. According to a Monday filing with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, the DOJ insisted on precluding all the witnesses because their opinions are inappropriate subjects for expert testimony, irrelevant to the...

According to Bloomberg Intelligence, the highly-anticipated launch of a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States could occur right before Labor Day (September 4). The entity said that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to respond to several applications from BlackRock, Bitwise, WisdomTree, VanEck, and Invesco in the following days. The agency has the option to approve, reject, or delay the filings. More Clarity Before the Week’s...

Bitcoin, alongside the rest of the crypto market, shot up following the news that a US court has sided with Grayscale in its battle against the SEC. Naturally, this volatility brought massive pain for over-leveraged traders as the liquidated short positions skyrocketed to about $80 million within an hour. CryptoPotato reported Grayscale’s court victory earlier today, which essentially meant that the SEC is now obligated to review the asset manager’s request to turn its...

The Korea Federation of Banks (KFB) reportedly intends to require domestic cryptocurrency exchanges to hold at least 3 billion won (around $2.26 million) as a reserve. The local authorities have been quite strict with such entities lately, urging them to set up proper guidelines in terms of listing and delisting of digital assets to ensure maximum protection for customers. The Upcoming Requirement As reported by a Korean media outlet, the changes are expected to come into...

A little-discussed memo from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from five years ago may suggest that the agency faced internal struggles in concluding whether XRP was a security, according to crypto lawyer John Deaton. This may indicate that Ripple – the company behind XRP – was not legally reckless in issuing the token years prior, as the SEC has often alleged. The SEC’s Memo According to Deaton, the “Howey memo” was written by SEC enforcement lawyers, and received...

Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial is one of the biggest cases of white-collar securities fraud in Manhattan, with billions of dollars having gone astray from the defunct cryptocurrency platform FTX, causing significant financial distress to former users (and employees). In the latest development, the lawyers representing the disgraced founder objected to the four million pages of discovery notes provided by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), claiming that the move is “fundamentally...

Bitcoin wallet address that accumulated $3 billion worth of BTC in three months to become the 3rd largest wallet address belongs to the investing and trading platform Robinhood. The wallet had attracted attention dividing the market observers into speculating whether it belonged to Winklevoss-led Gemini or asset management giant BlackRock. However, Arkham Intelligence data showed that Robinhood is, in fact, behind the wallet, which currently holds over $3.08 billion of...