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Ripple Wins Some, Loses Some, As The SEC Lawsuit Continues

Ripple Wins Some, Loses Some, As The SEC Lawsuit Continues

Ripple's attorney Jeremy Hogan on behalf of the payment giant recently filed a “motion to compel responses to interrogatories” in which they ask the SEC to clarify whether Ethereum's ETH is a security.

Ripple’s attorney Jeremy Hogan on behalf of the payment giant recently filed a “motion to compel responses to interrogatories” in which they ask the SEC to clarify whether Ethereum’s ETH is considered a security.

Jeremy Hogan pointed out that this line of questioning is an “AMAZING” move, in that, regardless of the answer given, the SEC will weaken their case.

Just last month, at the Aspen Security Forum, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler would not give an answer to the same question. Gensler’s answer or better yet, the lack of it, would indicate that the SEC does not wish to expose itself any further.

Now that the same question is being asked in a formal court setting, the SEC is somewhat forced to providing a response.

The SEC filed a lawsuit against Ripple in December before Christmans last year. The SEC accused Ripple of having engaged in $1.3 billion of illegal securities sales since 2013.

During the discovery phase that followed and is still ongoing, Ripple’s legal team has built a defense on multiple aspects, chief of which is the fair notice defense.

Ripple’s defense argues that the company was under the assumption that XRP, Bitcoin, and Ether were classed as equivalents in the eyes of the SEC.

Given that former SEC Director William Hinman had previously said neither Ether nor Bitcoin fit the bill as securities, Ripple presumed the same regarding XRP. Also, the SEC did not give fair notice otherwise, leaving Ripple unaware of breaching applicable securities law.

SEC has conveyed Hinman’s approval of Ether/Bitcoin as only a ‘personal opinion’ and should not have been construed as a stance held by the regulator.

The whole admission has now opened up a can of worms. Point being that if ETH is considered a security, why were they allowed to operate without impediment? And, if not, on what grounds has the SEC singled out Ripple?

Win-Win for Ripple
Hogan points out that taking a formal stance on Ether’s securities status puts the SEC in a difficult spot, no matter how they answer.

“If the answer is “no,” then it opens the door for Ripple to compare XRP to Ether. And as we know, only Ethereum had an ICO…

“Yes,” is not a politically fathomable answer for the SEC.”

Alternatively, a response along the lines of the Ether’s status has yet to be determined would strengthen Ripple’s fair notice defense.

If the SEC can’t determine whether Ether is a security, how can Ripple be expected to know they were breaching securities law by selling XRP tokens?

Read the full article at Fintechs.fi

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