Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ripple Labs Inc. et al.

  1. March 25, 2025

    Ripple Labs To Pay SEC $50M To End Case, Legal Chief Says

    Ripple Labs legal chief Stuart Alderoty said Tuesday the cryptocurrency firm will pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a $50 million civil penalty to resolve the agency's landmark enforcement action, or a fraction of the $125 million fine that a federal court originally imposed upon it over past unregistered institutional token sales.

  2. March 19, 2025

    'They're Walking Away': Ripple Labs Says SEC To Drop Appeal

    Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse said Wednesday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will drop its Second Circuit appeal of a summary judgment in its headline-grabbing enforcement action over Ripple's XRP token.

  3. October 10, 2024

    Ripple Labs Files Cross-Appeal Of Judgment In SEC Suit

    Blockchain firm Ripple Labs on Thursday notified a New York federal judge of its intention to cross-appeal the judgment in its U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement case after the regulator kicked the decision to the Second Circuit last week.

  4. October 02, 2024

    SEC Plans To Appeal Ripple Labs Decision To 2nd Circ.

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told a New York federal judge on Wednesday that it plans to appeal her decision in its registration suit against blockchain firm Ripple Labs to the Second Circuit.

  5. September 04, 2024

    Ripple Gets OK To Pause SEC Penalty As It Mulls Appeal

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday signed off on Ripple Labs' request to hold off on paying the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission the $125 million penalty it owes to allow time for either side to appeal the landmark ruling in the agency's registration case.

  6. August 09, 2024

    Ripple Claims Victory In SEC Suit But Paid A Price

    Ripple Labs Inc. celebrated the end of its legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a "clear victory" that cut through the regulator's bid for $2 billion over the exchange's unregistered institutional sales of its XRP token, but experts told Law360 the $125 million fine and injunction Ripple faces is much more than a speeding ticket to end a costly four-year battle.

  7. August 07, 2024

    Ripple Ordered To Pay $125M Penalty In SEC Case

    A New York federal judge ordered Ripple Labs Inc. to pay a $125 million civil penalty on Wednesday in a long-awaited order addressing remedies for the blockchain company's failure to register institutional sales of its XRP token with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

  8. June 17, 2024

    SEC Says Ripple's Remedies Not Comparable To Terraform's

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fired back at blockchain firm Ripple Labs' claims that a recent settlement with Terraform Labs supports a lower penalty amount, saying it can't be a direct comparison given Terraform is in bankruptcy and has made significant concessions Ripple hasn't.

  9. June 14, 2024

    Ripple Cites Terraform Fine In Call To Limit SEC Penalty

    Ripple Labs Inc. says the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent settlement with fellow crypto firm Terraform Labs, with the company agreeing to pay a $420 million civil penalty, is further proof of the "unreasonableness" of the agency's request that it be made to pay a much larger fine for activities that did not amount to fraud.

  10. May 21, 2024

    SEC Slams Ripple's Bid To 'Hide' Financial Info From Public

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is protesting Ripple Labs' bid to conceal certain financial information from the public as it fights the agency's attempt to impose a $2 billion penalty for unregistered cryptocurrency sales, arguing that the company's call for transparency in the case should extend to itself.