SEC cannot sustain: Ripple and Bitnomial clap again!
Plus: Binance exec denied bail, despatched to hospital
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⚖️ A bunch of authorized points—Ripple submitted a cross-appeal in opposition to the SEC, Bitnomial sued the SEC over its claims that XRP futures are securities, and the SEC sued Cumberland, saying it is an unregistered securities vendor.
🍊 Information drops: Binance government Tigran Gambaryan was denied bail, Uniswap launched the testnet for Unichain, Justin Solar turned the Prime Minister of Liberland + extra
🍍 Market taste right this moment
The Concern and Greed Index simply took one other dip right down to 32, so we’re nonetheless hanging out within the “Concern” zone. And though we’re nearly midway by way of Uptober, BTC is not taking part in alongside– it dropped to $59K yesterday, but has now clawed its means again to $61K. A significant factor behind this—the latest US inflation information (keep in mind that from yesterday?)
On the brighter aspect, Bitcoin whales are making strikes! 🐋 New whales are leaping in, and the veterans are scooping up BTC within the $54K to $68K vary. May this imply an upcoming pump? Effectively, with all this accumulation occurring, it certain appears like they’re prepping for one thing huge.
Maintain your fins prepared! 🌊
🤨 Who’s Sue and why is she throughout my feed right this moment?
I hopped on-line right this moment to get my every day dose of well-deserved display screen time, and man, my feed’s blowin’ up with some drama. Gotta share it with y’all.
There’s this man, Secily Commanderson, higher referred to as SEC. He additionally goes by Securities and Trade Fee, however idk, this one’s kinda bizarre to me, so let’s simply persist with SEC.
Apparently, he is beefin’ with this crypto bro named Ripley Labsmith—tho folks name him Ripple Labs for brief.
There’s additionally this lady, Sue, who retains jumpin’ within the beef, and issues are simply wild on the market. Btw, I’ve a idea that SEC has a crush on Sue, however that is for an additional day.
In any case, here is the deal:
1/ SEC Sue(s) Ripple
We really spoke about their story earlier than, so here is only a fast refresher:
SEC Sue’d Ripple again in 2020 for allegedly promoting unregistered securities by way of XRP;
In 2023, the court docket dominated that XRP offered on public exchanges wasn’t a safety, although early gross sales to institutional traders would possibly’ve been;
Ripple was able to pay a $125M fantastic for the unregistered gross sales and be finished with it.
That would’ve been the top of their four-year battle. However SEC wasn’t too pleased with the result, so he determined to enchantment the ruling. Ripple noticed that, and went like: what. the.
However he wasn’t gonna have NONE of that. Rippleboy determined to cross-appeal.😎 We nonetheless do not know in the event that they’re gonna battle concerning the fantastic or XRP’s classification, however extra information ought to be comin’ quickly.
2/ Bitnomial Sue(s) SEC over Ripple
And now, the Ripple/SEC beef is causin’ extra waves. A Ripple impact, if you’ll.
Enter Bitnomial (his dad and mom obtained artistic with the identify). He runs a crypto change that the CFTC authorized for buying and selling crypto futures. So, he utilized to supply XRP futures contracts.
One evening, he is chillin’ at dwelling along with his spouse and youngsters, and he will get a name. It is SEC, saying, “yo, bro, XRP futures are literally securities, so it is best to’ve contacted me, not CFTC. If you wish to supply them, you gotta register a a securities change.”
Bitnomial then stared right into a wall for some time, confused. First off, why is SEC claiming XRP futures once they’re already regulated by the CFTC? And second, how can he checklist XRP futures when Ripple hasn’t even registered them as securities?
So, Bitnomial contacted Sue and took SEC to court docket, in search of the choose to declare that XRP futures aren’t securities.
3/ SEC Sue(s) Cumberland
In the meantime, SEC additionally has a difficulty with this lady referred to as Cumberland (her factor is consuming cucumbers and listening to Timbaland).
In line with Cumberland, she and SEC have been cool for at the very least 5 years, texting one another and whatnot. However now, SEC kinda made the entire state of affairs awkward ‘trigger he obtained Sue concerned on this.
SEC filed a lawsuit in opposition to Cumberland with claims that she’s an unregistered securities vendor. He talked about 5 tokens—Solana, Polygon, Cosmos, Algorand, and Filecoin—which he claims are securities that Cumberland dealt with with out correct approval.
Cumberland then went on social media to argue again, saying that she really did strive registering as a broker-dealer in 2019 however was later advised that solely utilized to Bitcoin and Ether—neither of which SEC even regulates! So, she’s calling BS on the entire thing and on the brink of battle again.
Total, I do not personally know any of those folks, however they higher relax. However keep tuned ‘trigger this story is simply heating up.
📰 Information drops
❌ A Nigerian court docket denied Binance exec Tigran Gambaryan’s bail request regardless of his well being points and advised the jail to ship him to a hospital as a substitute. The choose dominated his situation did not warrant letting him out of custody.
🦄 Uniswap launched the testnet for its personal Layer-2 blockchain, Unichain. It is set to supply quicker, cheaper transactions and higher cross-chain compatibility.
🌞 Tron founder Justin Solar is now the Prime Minister of Liberland—a self-declared sovereign micro-nation positioned between Croatia and Serbia. The cool half? The election ran on a decentralized blockchain system.
🔐 Simply days earlier than beginning his seven-and-a-half-year sentence, former FTX exec Ryan Salame took to LinkedIn, joking, “I am beginning a brand new place as Inmate at FCI Cumberland!” LinkedIn customers joined in with darkish humor, with one saying, “From LinkedIn to LockedIn!”
🚕 Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed plans for self-driving robotic automobiles meant for public transport. He confirmed off just a few automobiles, bragging they had been operating with out drivers—and even steering wheels.
