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Juridique

Crypto Giants Notch Wins in Expensive Quest to Sway U.S. Politics – Without Mentioning Crypto

Coinbase, Ripple and a16z donated unprecedented money to influence the outcomes of congressional races, but nobody wants to say who's in charge, how it works or even to discuss digital assets in campaign ads.

CEO Brian Armstrong's Coinbase is among the top industry backers of the crypto campaign fund that's shifting the landscape in the 2024 U.S. elections. (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)

Juridique

California Judge Dismisses Part of Civil Lawsuit Against Ripple, Sends Rest of Securities Case to Trial

U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton dismissed all four of the class action claims against Ripple but will allow one state law claim to proceed to trial.

Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Juridique

Ripple Donates Another $25M to Crypto Super PAC Fairshake

Ripple’s new contribution to Fairshake is on top of another $25 million donation to the pro-crypto PAC in 2023.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse  (Scott Moore/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Marchés

SOL, XRP Could Be Possible Candidates for ETFs, Standard Chartered Says

Standard Chartered analyst Geoffrey Kendric said that those exchange-traded funds could be on the horizon in 2025.

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack

Juridique

Coinbase, Kraken, Others Form Coalition to Tackle 'Pig Butchering' Scams

The group also includes prominent crypto companies Ripple and Gemini, as well as Meta and Match Group, the parent company of dating apps Tinder and Hinge

16:9 Fraud, scam (brandwayart/Pixabay)

Consensus Magazine

Do Kwon's Huge Fine Shows the SEC Is Ratcheting Up Penalties Against Crypto Firms

Suggested fines the securities watchdog suggested for Terraform Labs and Ripple are out-of-line with what it has collected from crypto firms in the past.

A U.S. jury began deliberating in the civil trial against Do Kwon and the company he co-founded, accused of fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission. (CoinDesk TV and Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Juridique

Ripple Says $10M Penalty Enough, Rejects SEC’s Ask of $1.95B Fine in Final Judgment

The court had found Ripple violated federal securities laws by making institutional sales of XRP but dismissed other allegations brought by the SEC.

Ripple ad in Washington's Union Station (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Ripple-Owned Metaco Sees Most of Execs and Marketing Teams Depart: Source

Since being acquired by Ripple last year, Metaco has now lost its CTO, Angel Nunez, its head of sales, Craig Perrin, and product marketing lead Mei Li Powell, as well as marketing officers Gene Peterson and Rahul Mudgal.

Metaco's management team (Metaco)

Finance

BCB Group Moves Custody of Digital Asset Operations to Metaco’s Platform

The move will allow the crypto payments firm to consolidate its custody technology.

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Finance

Crypto Market Cap to Double to $5 Trillion by Year-End: Ripple CEO

Brad Garlinghouse highlighted several macroeconomic factors behind the potential growth of the total crypto market value.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse  (Scott Moore/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)