Ripple CTO & XRP Lawyer Red Flag SEC Gary Gensler ‘Crypto Asset Security’ Propaganda

Ripple CTO David Schwartz and lawyer Bill Morgan expressed concerns over the US SEC definition of "crypto asset security"
By Varinder Singh
Ripple CTO & XRP Lawyer Red Flag SEC Gary Gensler 'Crypto Asset Security' Propaganda

Ripple chief technology officer (CTO) David “JoelKatz” Schwartz expressed concerns over the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) definition of “crypto asset security”.

Under Chair Gary Gensler, the SEC refers crypto asset security to assets including digital assets, virtual currencies, coins, and tokens. They believe all the abovementioned assets meet the definition of “security” under the federal securities laws.

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Ripple CTO David “JoelKatz” Schwartz Contradicts SEC

Ripple CTO David “JoelKatz” Schwartz reacted to an SEC filing in the Wahi lawsuit. He said the SEC’s “crypto asset security” definition only matches to something like tokenized stock. The SEC is potentially spreading wrong information in the government.

He explained that “things you transfer with distributed ledgers” tokens are not contracts, transactions, or schemes. Hence, they cannot be categorized as investment contracts. “So for them to be a security, they’d have to meet one of the other criteria for being a security under US law.”

Also, the term “asset” is ambiguous. He gave an example that when someone sells an apple, the asset received is not just the apple. “You also have the right to sue me if the apple is defective which is part of the asset you bought.” Gary Gensler that almost everything in the crypto industry is a security, including those well-established are not securities.

Judge Torres had ruled that programmatic sales of XRP is not a security under the Howey Test. However, Gensler disagrees with the court.

Pro-XRP lawyer Bill Morgan added that the SEC has used terms like ‘crypto asset securities’ and ‘crypto securities markets’ to push an agenda. He asserts the SEC is spreading propaganda.

Morgan cleared that these terms are not found in the US securities legislation. Also, the SEC cannot and will not define these terms as they believe no rulemaking is needed for crypto.

“The SEC produced a definition of crypto asset securities instead of just using the term the market would have some criteria to decide whether a crypto is a crypto asset security. But the SEC cannot even tell Congress whether Ethereum is a security. It doesn’t even have a definition for its own terms.”

Meanwhile, Coinbase knocks on the court’s door as the SEC has officially denied the request for crypto rulemaking. The SEC claimed “existing securities laws apply to cryptocurrencies, “SEC addresses the crypto securities markets through rulemaking as well,” and “it is important to maintain Commission discretion in setting its own rulemaking priorities.”

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