Ripple Executives vrijgesproken van SEC's 'ongegronde' beschuldigingen

• Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse en uitvoerend voorzitter Chris Larsen zijn vrijgesproken van alle aanklachten.
• De SEC heeft gestemd om de aanklachten tegen de leidinggevenden met vooroordelen af te wijzen. 
• Larsen stated that the SEC tried to “advance a political agenda to suffocate crypto in America.”
• Garlinghouse said that he was subjected to accusations “from a rogue regulator with a political agenda.”

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In een enorme overwinning voor de digitale activasector werden de CEO en uitvoerend voorzitter van het Amerikaanse blockchain-gerichte betalingsbedrijf Ripple vrijgesproken van alle aanklachten die de Amerikaanse Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) de afgelopen jaren tegen hen had ingediend. De toezichthouder stemde ervoor om de aanklachten tegen Brad Garlinghouse, de CEO, en Chris Larsen, de voorzitter, met vooroordelen af te wijzen.

Volgens een persbericht gedeeld by the firm, this is the third consecutive victory for Ripple, Garlinghouse, and Larsen after the United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Analisa Torres, ruled in July 2023 that “XRP is not, in and of itself, a security.”

“Instead of looking for the criminals stealing customer funds on offshore exchanges that were courting political favor, the SEC went after the good guys—along with our entire company of innovators and entrepreneurs—who are building a regulated business based in the U.S. We look forward to the day this chapter is closed once and for all, now that the SEC has dropped the curtain on their absurd theatrics against Chris and me,” said Garlinghouse.

Garlinghouse noted that for over three years, Larsen and his company were subjected to various accusations “from a rogue regulator with a political agenda.” Finally, they have been cleared of all charges.

Garlinghouse gebruikte sociale mediaplatform X (voorheen bekend als Twitter) om ook zijn gedachten te uiten.

Vandaag was een nog betere dag.
Rimpeling: 3
SEC: 0

In all seriousness, Chris and I (in a case involving no claims of fraud or misrepresentations) were targeted by the SEC in a ruthless attempt to personally ruin us and the company so many have worked hard to build for over a… https://t.co/YsQxewFnj9

— Brad Garlinghouse (@bgarlinghouse) 19 oktober 2023

On the other hand, Larsen stated that the SEC tried to “advance a political agenda to suffocate crypto in America.” He added that “it is a travesty that we were forced to defend ourselves from an ill-advised attack that was flawed from the day it was filed.” 

“It is an abuse by the administrative state that politically connected special interests, with clear and proven conflicts of interest, were able to drag our names through the mud in an attempt to ruin us personally and destroy a company so many have worked so hard for so long to build,” Larsen said. 

As reported earlier by Bitnation, Ripple CEO Garlinghouse slammed the SEC’s approach to regulering van digitale activa door middel van handhaving, stating that the move is driving crypto businesses outside the country. The firm also noted in its press release that nearly 90% of Ripple’s business is outside the U.S. and hiring remains focused in major international markets.

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