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Varför Pro-Ripple Advokat säger att XRP inte kan klassas som en säkerhet även om den såldes som en
Den amerikanska advokaten John Deaton har förklarat ingående varför XRP-kryptovalutan inte kan klassificeras som en säkerhet even if blockchain payments company Ripple sold it to the public as an investment contract.
"XRP Remains A Digital Code": John Deaton
The debate over whether XRP should be deemed a security rages, something that is the crux of the legal battle between Ripple och US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
In a detailed Twitter thread on Friday, CryptoLaw founder John E Deaton asserted that XRP “remains a digital code” even if Ripple sold it as an investment contract (read: security) in the past or is still selling it now.
Deaton noted that just because someone used bitcoin (BTC) as a security, it didn’t turn it into a security. Similarly, in the LBRY Credits (LBC) case, the judge ruled that LBRY sold LBC as an investment contract when it made direct sales. In the lawyer’s view, LBC remains a software code and nothing else. The SEC even admitted on record that the sale of LBC tokens in the secondary market did not constitute a security. This means LBC itself does not qualify as a security. If it did, the court’s ruling would apply to all of its sales.
Det samma gäller för Ripple’s XRP. However, Deaton notes that the commission has previously implied that the XRP token itself is a security. “This novel and dangerous embodiment theory is how the SEC is attempting to expand its jurisdictional reach into secondary market transactions. The theory stretches Howey beyond recognition,” he added.
Ändå är den underliggande tillgången aldrig säkerheten i ett investeringskontraktsfall, och det nya Howey-testet kräver en Howey-analys vid tidpunkten för varje erbjudande eller försäljning. Det är därför Deaton är ganska säker på att distriktsdomaren Analisa Torres kommer att avslå SEC:s summariska domar i XRP-målet.
Bitcoin was Once Sold As A Security
Deaton also cited the crypto market lodestar, bitcoin, as he explored the XRP security issue. He notes that the digital asset was once “packaged, marketed, offered and sold” as an investment contract. This is the case for condos, chinchillas, and beavers. Even though they can be sold as investment contracts, that doesn’t mean they turn into securities.
SEC vidtog åtgärder mot Ripple in December 2020, contending that it had sold an unregistered security since 2013. Two years later, the high-profile case grossly muddied Ripple’s reputation drags on. A ruling is expected in the first half of 2023 — barring an unlikely settlement. Most XRP loyalists believe Ripple has the upper hand in the case, and they are convinced the company will ultimately prevail.
Med det sagt, den regelmässiga tydlighet som kryptoindustrin länge har efterlyst kommer sannolikt att komma i form av av ett beslut i SEC v. Ripple rättegång.
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