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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has revealed that the company considered shutting down after facing a lawsuit from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2020 over its XRP token. Gar
Brad Garlinghouse said Ripple considered shutting down after the SEC lawsuit but continued operating to protect employees. David Schwartz said early legal advice favored settling, believing R
LAB fell about 56% after a wallet first funded by the LAB team sold 18.4 million tokens worth roughly $18.3 million through Aster. On-chain investigator ZachXBT said the sales happened over 4
TL;DR Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen revealed that lawyers once advised company executives to abandon Ripple, calling the business “unsavable.” Despite early legal and regulatory hurdles, Rip
Picture this: a borrower shows up with 250 SAUCE worth a few bucks, submits a price update, and seconds later they walk out with millions in stablecoins and wrapped HBAR. Not a fat finger. No
Japan’s approach to digital assets is once again becoming a major topic of discussion after comments from one of the country’s top financial executives renewed expectations for regulatory cha
The past week witnessed several notable crypto funding rounds. Particularly, 10 crypto funding rounds saw the cumulative collection of up to $370.5M over the week. As per the data from Crypto
During an interview with Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said the company discussed closing after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued it in 2020. Brad said Ripple could have divided
The Ripple vs. SEC case officially ended in August 2025, when both sides withdrew their appeals and filed for dismissal. Ripple walked away with a fraction of the penalty the SEC originally s
In our last XRP weekly prediction, we told you XRP would probably hang out between $1.10 and $1.18 unless something big forced it one way or the other. And that’s pretty much what happened. B
The organization behind the second-largest blockchain network revealed it had employed a coordinated army of AI agents to identify vulnerabilities in Ethereum’s critical infrastructure. The t
Former Meta and Google engineer Patrick Shyu has warned that Bitcoin faces two long-term threats from quantum computing and the declining rewards paid to miners. Shyu, known online as TechLea
