{"id":556699,"date":"2021-08-09T15:48:01","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T15:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/?p=556699"},"modified":"2021-08-09T15:48:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T15:48:01","slug":"as-ripples-garlinghouse-ponders-on-sec-creating-regulation-confusion-around-crypto-xrp-case-heats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/as-ripples-garlinghouse-ponders-on-sec-creating-regulation-confusion-around-crypto-xrp-case-heats_556699.html","title":{"rendered":"As Ripple&#8217;s Garlinghouse Ponders on SEC Creating Regulation Confusion Around Crypto, XRP Case Heats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:right;  width:250px; padding:8px 10px 10px 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/uploads\/1628421860.jpeg\" style=\"border:none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29\" title=\"As Ripple&#039;s Garlinghouse Ponders on SEC Creating Regulation Confusion Around Crypto, XRP Case Heats\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/uploads\/1628421860.jpeg\" alt=\"As Ripple&#039;s Garlinghouse Ponders on SEC Creating Regulation Confusion Around Crypto, XRP Case Heats\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"15\">Prominent figures from the cryptocurrency industry have continued to comment on the increased crypto-hostile atmosphere implied by Gary Gensler, the US SEC Chair, Tuesday&#8217;s elaborate commentary on its views on the cryptocurrency market.&nbsp; It seems like every day there is <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xrpnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">news in regards to XRP &amp; Ripple<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"21\">Gensler stated that the SEC&#8217;s position on various crypto markets like DeFi, central and decentralized crypto trading and stablecoins security tokens, stablecoins and security tokens, as well as crypto-related financial products such ETFs and crypto lending is more regulation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"4\">&#8220;Right now we don&#8217;t have enough crypto investor protection.<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"5\">It&#8217;s more like the Wild West.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"7\">Gensler stated that the goals of the public must be met by emerging technologies in financial services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"6\">&#8220;As new technologies emerge, we must ensure that we are achieving our core public policy objectives.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>US SEC Creates Confusion in The Crypto Market<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"12\">Developers are now at risk of regulatory obstacles due to the slow pace of the US SEC in defining crypto-assets and market regulation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"17\">Michael Arrington, co-founder of TechCrunch who is also a crypto enthusiast, said that the speech showed that the US SEC was more interested in controlling the market than in establishing clear guidelines for helping crypto developers to innovate without regulatory hurdles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"10\">Gensler stated today that he believes all crypto is under his control and that he wants to increase the power of SEC.<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"9\">Gensler said that the law was clear based upon 75 enforcement actions but seems to be losing sight of ETH.<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"8\">It&#8217;s all I see is more muddy waters .&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"18\">Brad Garlinghouse from Ripple, who made the observation in connection to the ongoing SEC suit against XRP, suggested that a pattern could be emerging regarding the US SEC&rsquo;s deliberate sabotage and manipulation of XRP and Cryptocurrencies by its leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"16\">Garlinghouse stated that in 2018, Bill Hinman (the Director of the SEC&rsquo;s Division of Corporate Finance at that time) said that ETH was not a security. This statement was confirmed by Jay Clinton, the former Chair of the SEC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"20\">&#8220;But, just weeks ago Hinman filed a sworn affidavit before Court stating that the SEC has &#8220;not taken any positions or expressed a viewpoint&#8221; regarding ETH&#8217;s status&#8230; so what is the market supposed be able to do?<\/span><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"1\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>It&#8217;s Personal with XRP.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight active\" data-id=\"22\">Garlinghouse&#8217;s response, Mr. Whale, a crypto market investor, stated that Jay Clinton, despite making little progress with crypto regulation while he was SEC Chair, resigned soon after the US SEC filed a suit against Ripple for issuing XRP as a security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Jay Clanton&#8217;s resignation the day after the Ripple lawsuit was announced, and then continuing to work for a crypto company that deals largely in Ethereum is a blatantly politically motivated attack to suppress the innovation of its biggest competitor.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"13\">Clayton is now a member of the One River Asset Management company&#8217;s Board. He was the one who rejected many Bitcoin ETFs applications while he was SEC Chair.<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"14\">As the most recent crypto-focused company to file an ETF filing to request a Bitcoin ETF, the firm that submitted the ETF filing was for the One River Carbon Neutral Bitcoin Trust.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style='font-size:18px !important;'>Media Contact<\/span><br \/><strong>Company Name:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/companyname\/xrpnews.com_77109.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">XRP News<\/a><br \/><strong>Contact Person:<\/strong> Callum Sherwood<br \/><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/email_contact_us.php?pr=as-ripples-garlinghouse-ponders-on-sec-creating-regulation-confusion-around-crypto-xrp-case-heats\" rel=\"nofollow\">Send Email<\/a><br \/><strong>Phone:<\/strong> 98166889<br \/><strong>Country:<\/strong> Singapore<br \/><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xrpnews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.xrpnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object type=\"text\/html\" data=\"https:\/\/www.xrpnews.com\" style=\"width:900px; height:400px;\"><\/object><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/press_stat.php?pr=as-ripples-garlinghouse-ponders-on-sec-creating-regulation-confusion-around-crypto-xrp-case-heats\" alt=\"\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prominent figures from the cryptocurrency industry have continued to comment on the increased crypto-hostile atmosphere implied by Gary Gensler, the US SEC Chair, Tuesday&#8217;s elaborate commentary on its views on the cryptocurrency market.&nbsp; It seems like every day there is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/as-ripples-garlinghouse-ponders-on-sec-creating-regulation-confusion-around-crypto-xrp-case-heats_556699.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[401,425,426,427,411],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-556699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Business","category-Finance","category-Financial-Market","category-Personal-Finance","category-Technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}