SEC aitas Ripple'i tegevjuhil Etheril ületada XRP-d

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has said that Ether (ETH) overtook the company’s XRP token by market capitalisation because of the US Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC).

According to Garlinghouse, the US regulator’s approach towards ETH largely encouraged investors, giving it a free pass that enabled the smart contract platform’s native token to overtake XRP in the market.

 "Viimase paari aasta jooksul oli XRP väärtuselt teine ​​digitaalne vara. Nagu selgus, oli SEC andnud ETH-le saalipääsme, on ETH ilmselt plahvatuslikult kasvanud ja see selgus on aidanud," ta ütles.

Ripple’s XRP currently occupies the seventh spot among the largest cryptocurrencies, with a market cap of $52 billion according to data from CoinGecko. Ethereum has held the second spot for the last four years after deposing XRP during the 2017 bull run.  The Ether (ETH) cryptocurrency currently has a market cap of over $490 billion after its price surged to set a new all-time high above $4,000.

In comments made on Thursday 21 October at the DC Fintech Week, the Ripple exec also claimed that the SEC’s approach was based on “outdated” laws. He also wondered why a former official at the agency had found it easier to say Ethereum was not a security, yet SEC Chair Gary Gensler cannot make the same pronouncement.

Garlinghouse’s comments come at a time Ripple is battling the US watchdog’s charge that XRP is a security illegally sold by Ripple Labs and the company’s top brass. The company has also faced class-action lawsuits before.

Despite these events, more XRP holders feel the SEC has unfairly targeted Ripple, a view Garlinghouse also holds. According to him, there almost 50,000 holders of the token “are trying to sue the SEC for ‘protecting them"."

Tüli käigus on kohus lubanud XRP omanikel saada amicus curiae'ks või kohtu sõpradeks. Samas otsustas sama kohtunik, kes tegeles kohtuasjaga Ripple vs. SEC, et märgiomanikud ei saa kostjatena menetlusega liituda.

XRP on kaotanud umbes 67% oma väärtusest pärast seda, kui saavutas 3.40. jaanuaril 7 kõigi aegade kõrgeima taseme 2018 dollarit. Kuid selle praegune hind umbes 1.11 dollarit tähendab, et selle väärtus on viimase 27 päevaga tõusnud enam kui 30% ja rohkem kui 340%. alates eelmise aasta sellest ajast.

Allikas: https://coinjournal.net/news/sec-helped-ether-surpass-xrp-ripple-ceo/