‘Hinman Docs’ Finally Revealed in Ripple’s SEC Lawsuit [ Crypto Espresso 6.14.23 ]

It's Wednesday and you know what that Means it's news people Wednesday it's Made from news I'm your host Angel and This is crypto espresso your teeny tiny Daily shot of caffeinated crypto Headlines and let's just grind on first Up the sec's internal discussions about A 2018 speech by its former Corporate Finance director Bill Hinman have been Revealed in new documents the speech Which stated that ether was not a Security raised some concerns among the SEC staff about the implications of such A statement for the agency's future Position on ether and other Cryptocurrencies the documents show that Some SEC editors suggested adding Caveats or clarifications to hinman's Speech to avoid contradicting himself or Locking the agency into a stance that Might be hard to change later they also Questioned whether hinman's view was Consistent with the Howley test a legal Framework for determining whether an Asset is indeed a security the speech Was given in the context of the sec's Lawsuit against Ripple which accuses the Company of selling its native token as Xrp as an unregistered security Ripple Has argued that xrp is not a security And that hinman's speech supports its Case Ripple CEO Brad garlinghouse said That the documents would be well worth The wait eus-based crypto exchange

Coinbase is seeking more clarity from The SEC on the regulation of digital Assets the company filed a lawsuit back In April asking the court to order the SEC to respond to its petition for Rulemaking which contained 50 specific Questions about how the SEC determines Whether a token is a security or not the SEC has asked for more time to reply to Coinbase's request claiming that it had Not decided which action to take on the Petition and that coinbase's lawsuit has No merit the SEC also said that it does Not intend to issue new rules on crypto Regulation despite the statements of its Chair Gary Gensler that the SEC has Authority over most crypto assets Coinbase's Chief legal officer Paul Grewal criticized the sec's response Saying that it had ignored the clear Evidence of a decision by the SEC and Refused to commit to any deadline he Also accused the SEC of increasing Enforcement and issuing warnings to Crypto exchanges without providing any Kind of clear guidance coinbase argues That the sec's current approach is vague Inconsistent and unpredictable and that It creates uncertainty and confusion for Market participants dumbests a Decentralized social media app that Allows users to tip each other in Bitcoin is facing removal from the Apple App Store the app uses a feature called

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