SEC je pomagal Etherju preseči XRP, izvršnemu direktorju Ripple

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.

 "V zadnjih nekaj letih je bil XRP drugo najvrednejše digitalno sredstvo. Ko je postalo jasno, da je SEC dal dovoljenje ETH, je ETH očitno eksplodiral in ta jasnost je pomagala," rekel je.

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made on Thursday 21 October at the DC Fintech Week, the Ripple exec also claimed that the SEC’s approach was based on “outdated” laws.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'. "

V prepiru je sodišče dovolilo imetnikom XRP, da postanejo amicus curiae ali prijatelji sodišča. Vendar je isti sodnik, ki je obravnaval zadevo Ripple proti SEC, razsodil, da se imetniki žetonov ne morejo pridružiti postopku kot tožene stranke.

XRP je izgubil približno 67 % svoje vrednosti, odkar se je 3.40. januarja 7 dotaknil najvišje vrednosti 2018 $ vseh časov. Vendar pa njegova trenutna cena okoli 1.11 $ pomeni, da se je njegova vrednost v zadnjih 27 dneh povečala za več kot 30 % in več kot 340 %. od tega časa lani.

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