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Brad Garlinghouse stressed Ripple’s unchanged commitment to transparency but hinted that future reports might undergo some changes. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinhouse on Aug. 2 expressed his disapproval of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for utilizing Ripple’s quarterly XRP (XRP) Markets Report, designed to enhance transparency in the cryptocurrency industry, as evidence against the company in the ongoing lawsuit .  Garlinghouse stated that the company initiated the report s with the intention of voluntarily offering updates on its XRP holdings. However, the CEO said these report s were later “used against” the company in the SEC’s lawsuit . Garlinghouse reiterated the company’s commitment to transparency but hinted that future report s might undergo some changes. We began these reports to voluntarily provide updates given our XRP holdings. Sadly, they were used against us in the SEC lawsuit - however, we remain steadfast in our commitment to transparency but I suspect t...

Binance, its CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ), and the company’s former compliance chief Samuel Lim seek to dismiss the complaint filed by the US CFTC. On March 27, 2023, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission took legal action against Binance for violating the Commodity Exchange Act and offering futures trades without registering as a futures commission merchant (FCM). You might also like: US CFTC takes legal action against Binance, crypto markets fall Moreover, according to the motion , the defendants seek to file two separate motion s to dismiss CFTC’s lawsuit . Binance and CZ file a joint motion while Lim goes independent. The defendants requested the court to allow them to respond with a 50-page motion while currently limited to only 15 pages. Per the document, the defendants’ response against the CFTC needs to be submitted by July 27 to the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Last month, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Binan...

Coinbase has asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit filed against the company by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), stating that the tokens mentioned in the lawsuit are not “investment contracts” and therefore do not qualify as crypto asset securities.  Coinbase refutes the SEC label of digital assets on its platform  U.S. crypto exchange giant Coinbase filed a 177-page response to the SEC’s complaint on June 28, stating that the SEC lacked the regulatory power to oversee digital assets. In June, the SEC sued Coinbase for operating as an unregistered broker, national securities exchange, and clearing agency. The lawsuit also mentioned Coinbase’s staking program along with 13 tokens including DASH, NEXO, FLOW, SOL, and ADA, labeling them as securities .  You might also like: Sen. Cynthia Lummis lambasts SEC over enforcement actions against Coinbase Meanwhile, the document claimed that Coinbase’s business remains ...

Binance, Binance US, and Changpeng Zhao (CZ) have been sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a case that alleges they offered and sold unregistered securities, failed to register their functions with the SEC, wash-traded tokens, mishandled customer funds, and used Binance US as a shield to attract regulatory attention. This follows a similar case launched by the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) several weeks ago. Earlier reporting by Forbes examined the “Tai Chi” documents, which were created for Binance by a consultant, and recommended setting up a US-based entity to attract the attention of regulators and distract from other violations. The SEC case alleges that CZ followed this plan in establishing Binance US. Binance’s chief compliance officer (CCO) is quoted in the complaint as saying, “We do not want [Binance].com to be regulated ever.” This same executive also suggested that “on the surface, we cannot be se...