{"id":19056,"date":"2023-06-05T03:18:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T03:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/ripple-case-pro-xrp-lawyer-tips-outright-sec-victory-at-less-than-3\/"},"modified":"2023-06-05T03:18:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T03:18:39","slug":"ripple-case-pro-xrp-lawyer-tips-outright-sec-victory-at-less-than-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/crypto\/ripple-case-pro-xrp-lawyer-tips-outright-sec-victory-at-less-than-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Ripple case: Pro-XRP lawyer tips outright SEC victory at \u2018less than 3%\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pro-XRP lawyer John Deaton has tipped less than a 3% chance for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to score an outright win against Ripple, as an end to the long-running lawsuit draws closer.<\/p>\n
The CryptoLaw founder has been a vocal advocate for Ripple against the SEC, which filed a lawsuit against the company in December 2020, alleging that the sale of its XRP (XRP) token represented an unregistered securities offering. <\/p>\n
In a June 3 episode of The Good Morning Crypto<\/em> podcast, Deaton said he tipped a 25% chance that presiding U.S. District Judge Torres rules in outright favor of Ripple, and a 50% chance that Ripple claims victory by way of a \u201csplitting the baby\u201d ruling. <\/p>\n This refers to Judge Torress \u201cdrawing a line in the sand\u201d, where she could potentially rule that XRP was offered as an unregistered security before 2018. However, in the wake of the Hinman documents \u2014 which refer to a 2018 speech given by former SEC Director William Hinman \u2014 it\u2019s possible that cryptocurrencies can transition from securities to commodities once they become sufficiently decentralized.<\/p>\n