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Bitstamp to Halt XRP Trading, Deposits in US Due to SEC Lawsuit
Bitstamp is the first major U.S.-based crypto exchange to respond to the SEC lawsuit against Ripple.
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp said it's halting XRP trading and deposits for all U.S. customers on Jan. 8, 2021, because of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent filing against Ripple Labs, alleging XRP is a security.
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- U.S. customers will be able to withdraw their XRP even after trading is halted, Bitstamp said.
- Other countries are not affected, Bitstamp said.
In light of the SEC's recent filing alleging XRP is a security, we are going to halt XRP trading and deposits for all US customers on January 8, 2021. Other countries are not affected. Read more: https://t.co/RUGtkAjr08
— Bitstamp (@Bitstamp) December 25, 2020
- Bitstamp is the first major cryptocurrency exchange to take action on XRP in response to the SEC's lawsuit against Ripple.
See also: An SEC Victory in Ripple Case Would Render XRP 'Untradeable,' Market Pros Say
Kevin Reynolds
Kevin Reynolds was the editor-in-chief at CoinDesk. Prior to joining the company in mid-2020, Reynolds spent 23 years at Bloomberg, where he won two CEO awards for moving the needle for the entire company and established himself as one of the world's leading experts in real-time financial news. In addition to having done almost every job in the newsroom, Reynolds built, scaled and ran products for every asset class, including First Word, a 250-person global news/analysis service for professional clients, as well as Bloomberg's Speed Desk and the training program that all Bloomberg News hires worldwide are required to take. He also turned around several other operations, including the company's flash headlines desk and was instrumental in the turnaround of Bloomberg's BGOV unit. He shares a patent for a content management system he helped design, is a Certified Scrum Master, and a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He owns bitcoin, ether, polygon and solana.
