The United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit against Ripple Labs and its execs has had far-reaching implications, not only for the San Francisco-based blockchain firm and XRP but for the larger community as well. In fact, following the same, many in the industry have had to re-examine whether the digital assets they were dealingContinue reading “Bitcoin and Ethereum – After XRP, could these cryptos be on the SEC’s hit list?”

Ethereum, at the time of writing, was over 40% off its ATH of $4,356 on the back of the depreciation event that struck the wider crypto-market in mid-May. While steady, sustained, and steep recovery has been hard to come by, of late, the world’s largest altcoin has been somewhat dependant on the price action ofContinue reading “Ethereum’s current inertia: Will this be the case for long?”

Over the past few months, ever since the United States Securities and Exchange Commission first filed charges against Ripple Labs, “small victories” have been hard to come by for the regulatory agency. While recent legal proceedings have seen the defendants find some success, the same hasn’t been true for the SEC. Not anymore, however, withContinue reading “XRP lawsuit: Court’s latest ruling means the case is going to end… here’s when?”

Despite rumors of a possible settlement in the works swirling about, the litigation process in the Ripple v. SEC case has been as ferocious as ever, with a host of motions and replies doing the rounds every other day. At the time of writing, another one of those replies to a previous motion had beenContinue reading “XRP: Is SEC’s decision to sue Ripple execs about to ‘bite them in the butt?’”

Despite a wave of motions and replies over the last few weeks, talks of a settlement between Ripple Labs, its execs, and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission are never far away. In fact, the same was referred to recently by attorney John Deaton when he claimed that, “While the trial lawyers are fightingContinue reading “What might a settlement in the XRP lawsuit look like?”

Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, finally sustained a breach of its 2017 ATH on the 16th of December on the back of exponential price appreciation on the charts. However, it wasn’t done, not by a long shot. In fact, at the time of writing, BTC was valued at just over $34,000 on the charts, havingContinue reading “Who benefitted the most from Bitcoin and how?”

Less than a month ago, Ethereum, the world’s largest altcoin, was trading at ATH levels of around $4,300. The crypto’s price performance since, however, has been underwhelming, to say the least, with ETH pulled down the charts by Bitcoin’s own fall below $40,000. Since the aforementioned depreciation event, recovery has been slow, with the altcoinContinue reading “Are there signs of Ethereum capitulating? Then what?”

At the moment, the ongoing SEC v. Ripple Labs case is threatening to digress into a series of motions and counter-motions. Less than a week after the SEC requested the court for a 60-day extension of discovery, the defendants have hit back with a response of their own. At the time, the regulatory agency hadContinue reading “XRP lawsuit: What’s the ‘existential threat’ Ripple is facing?”

Jay Clayton, the former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, doesn’t exactly have the coziest relationship with the crypto-community. While he was never very popular, what pushed his favorables down the drain was his last act in office – The SEC charging Ripple and its executives with illegal securities offerings. Needless to say, theContinue reading “XRP effect? Did Jay Clayton really just echo Ripple’s talking points?”

The ongoing lawsuit filed by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission against Ripple Labs is very busy as it is, with a host of motions and oppositions and replies flooding the court over the past few weeks. It would now seem that the court presided by Judge Netburn will have to contend with yetContinue reading “XRP lawsuit: Is the SEC ‘triply wrong’ about its latest filing?”

While talks of a settlement have only gained steam over the past few weeks, the fact of the matter is that the lawsuit filed by the SEC against Ripple Labs is a long way from resolving itself. The fact that every other day has a major development to report is evidence of the same. InContinue reading “XRP lawsuit: Why is SEC accusing Ripple of ‘trying to have its cake and eat it too’?”

2021 saw Monero climb by over 250% on the charts in just over 4 months. That’s an extraordinary hike, one comparable to the hikes noted by the rest of the market’s alts. In fact, such was the scale of Monero’s performance between January and the first week of May that XMR climbed to a 3-yearContinue reading “The what and why behind these price projections for Monero “