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SEC Opposes Sealing Details, “Ripple Will Largely Miss the Move”
Ripple vs SEC Lawsuit: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opposes, in part, the Curling motion to seal and redact evidence relating to instructions and remedy documents. The SEC urges the court to grant an order to make Ripple business details public in the remedies briefing presented by the SEC on March 22.
Ripple previously requested the court to keep financial reports, details on post-complaint XRP institutional sales, and other confidential details sealed and redacted, considering the high risks to Ripple Labs. However, pro-XRP advocate Bill Morgan believes Ripple will largely miss the move to seal.
SEC claims to make Ripple registration public
The US SEC filed its response to Ripple’s motion to seal and redact and partly opposes the motionaccording to the latest court filing revealed on May 21. The SEC alleges that Ripple’s request to “withhold financial and securities sales information” from the public is illegal and material on matters such as financial numbers and other details is critical to the requested remedies.
O SEC claims that Ripple’s redaction requests would hide public information important to the court’s decisions in the medicine phase and public understanding of the value of penalties. Details include the value of Ripple’s current assets (relevant to the amount of the fine), quantity of recent sales (Precautionary measures and penalties), income and expenses (restitution), and the size of discounts for some institutional investors (harm to the investor).
The regulator also argues that Ripple failed to present reasonable evidence of how publicly available information would result in substantial injury that warrants protection. It further added that financial details and other information are old and obsolete, as well as some evidence is already publicly available and Ripple’s reliance on previous court approvals in current affairs is futile.
Commenting on the outcome of the motion, pro-XRP lawyer Bill Morgan said that “Ripple will largely lose the move to seal.” He added that the SEC has clarified that none of the sales to discount institutions were EAD contracts, but is still seeking a permanent injunction to stop EAD sales. He thinks the SEC knows that EAD contracts are not investment contracts.
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XRP price rises, whales sell stakes
XRP Price is up 5% in the last 24 hours, with the price currently trading at $0.535. The 24-hour low and high are $0.507 and $0.542, respectively. Furthermore, trading volume has increased by more than 150% in the last 24 hours, indicating an increase in interest among traders.
The recent rally came at a time when the odds of spot Ethereum ETF approval improved to 75% when the SEC asked exchanges to update 19b-4 filings. However, analysts believe that the price will continue to trade at lower levels this year as the breakdown of the triangle pattern is critical for a substantial price recovery.
About that, whales have sold some XRP holdings as the SEC files its opposition to Ripple’s request to seal the financial details and institutional sales information of XRP.
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