I remember when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) vs. Ripple Labs lawsuit finally ended in August last year. It was in December 2020 that the regulator sued Ripple for offering security via the sale of XRP. Ripple argued XRP is a digital currency, not a security. In July 2023, District Judge Analisa Torres ruled that Ripple’s programmatic sales of XRP on crypto exchanges didn't constitute securities transactions but the sale of XRP to institutional players violated securities laws. The ...