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Back in 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Ripple, alleging that the company broke securities laws when it sold its XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) cryptocurrency to investors. Ripple ...
A group of XRP investors has filed an amended complaint against Ripple, arguing that the company’s tokens are unregistered securities under Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s guidance.
In 2020, XRP's parent company, Ripple, was sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The regulator claimed that the company sold XRP as an unregistered security, a pretty big no-no.
The open-source project was originally called "Ripple", the unique consensus ledger was called the Ripple Consensus Ledger, the transaction protocol was called the Ripple Transaction Protocol or RTXP and the digital asset (known as "ripples") using XRP as the three-letter currency code to follow the naming convention of BTC for Bitcoin.
The firm funds accepted startups with up to US$50,000 (equivalent to $66,411 in 2024) in XRP, Ripple's native currency, in exchange for a 3% to 6% stake in diluted common stock. Mentorship and support is provided by CrossCoin and Ripple Labs, Inc. [19] Ripple also developed early partnerships with companies such as ZipZap. [20] [21]
Prior to co-founding Stellar, McCaleb founded and served as the CTO of the company Ripple until 2013. McCaleb is also known for creating the Mt. Gox bitcoin exchange, and the peer-to-peer eDonkey and Overnet networks as well as the eDonkey2000 application. As of March 2023, McCaleb is worth US$2.4 billion according to Forbes ' Billionaires List ...
Bitcoin surged during the last month, rocketing up nearly 40% in a few short weeks. The granddaddy of cryptocurrency is approaching the six-figure price mark as investors rejoice. As was the case ...
In 2014 Ripple was the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, after Bitcoin. [28] Also that month, Ripple Labs was named one of the 50 Smartest Companies by MIT Technology Review. [29] Ripple Labs was then ranked No. 4 on a list by Fast Company of the World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies Of 2015 In Money. [30]