Share this article
Ether Pushes Past $2K as Ripple's Partial Win Against SEC Invigorates Market
Several layer-1 tokens soared after the Ripple ruling ignited hopes of a favorable ruling in other SEC cases against crypto firms.
Updated Jul 14, 2023, 7:54 p.m. Published Jul 14, 2023, 3:04 a.m.
Ether is trading hands above $2,000, a three-month high, as the market picked up renewed optimism after a U.S. court found that sales of Ripple’s XRP tokens on exchanges and through algorithms did not constitute investment contracts.
The second largest cryptocurrency by market cap was up 7.4% at $2,010 during the Asian morning hours. Various layer-1 tokens, such as Solana’s SOL, which has been accused by the SEC of being a security, also recorded double digit gains following the Ripple-SEC ruling on Thursday.
STORY CONTINUES BELOW
Don't miss another story.Subscribe to the Crypto Daybook Americas Newsletter today. See all newsletters
At the time of writing, SOL jumped 33.8%, MATIC gained 19.5%, Cardano's ADA was up 25%, and Stellar’s XLM soared 52%, in the last 24 hours.
The governance token of was also up 25% in the last 24 hours. The CoinDesk Market Index (CMI), a measure of crypto markets performance, was up 7.2%.
Bitcoin also passed its one-year high, trading at $31,424. Ripple's XRP nearly doubled after the ruling and was trading 66% at 78 cents at the time of writing.
In the last 12 hours, $203 million worth of short positions by crypto traders was liquidated, according to Coinglass data.
Read more: Ripple, Crypto Industry Score Partial Win in SEC Court Fight Over XRP
UPDATE (July 14, 06:00 UTC): Updates headline, adds links.
Plus pour vous
Ce qu'il:
- As of October 2025, GoPlus has generated $4.7M in total revenue across its product lines. The GoPlus App is the primary revenue driver, contributing $2.5M (approx. 53%), followed by the SafeToken Protocol at $1.7M.
- GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month.
- Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B.
More For You
Bitcoin Rebounds to $93K From Post-Fed Lows, but Altcoins Remain Under Pressure
Downward pressure on bitcoin is losing steam, with the market stabilizing but not yet out of the woods, said one analyst.
What to know:
- Bitcoin rebounded from a sharp early selloff on Thursday to trade above $93,000 shortly after the close of U.S. stocks.
- The late-day gain in bitcoin came alongside a rebound in the Nasdaq from big morning losses; the tech index closed with just a 0.25% loss.
- Downward pressure on bitcoin is losing steam, said one analyst, but the market is not yet out of the woods.
Top Stories
