After years of one of the most followed legal battles in the crypto ecosystem, the SEC and Ripple Labs have reached an agreement that ends the case that marked a turning point in cryptocurrency regulation in the U.S.
🔹 The final agreement
Ripple will pay $125 million as part of the settlement of the lawsuit.
The SEC formally withdraws the charges it had against the company.
The case is archived, eliminating a significant cloud of uncertainty over the future of XRP.
🔹 A trial that changed the landscape
The confrontation began in 2020, when the SEC accused Ripple of selling XRP as an unregistered security.
During the process:
The crypto market debated regulatory limits.
XRP experienced extreme cycles of volatility every time judicial advances or setbacks were revealed.
The partial ruling of 2023, which determined that XRP is not a security in secondary sales, had already been a key victory for the company.
🚀 What does it mean for the ecosystem?
The closure of the case can:
Boost the price of XRP by eliminating legal uncertainty.
Serve as a regulatory precedent for other cryptocurrencies in litigation.
Reinforce institutional optimism towards crypto projects with pending cases before the SEC.
This chapter closes, but opens the door to a larger debate: how will securities laws adapt to the blockchain era?
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