The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday responded to Terraform Labs and Do Kwon’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit based on Judge Torres’ summary judgment ruling in the US SEC v. Ripple Labs case. Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal and pro-XRP attorneys reacted to the SEC’s contradicting decision in the XRP lawsuit.
According to a filing in the District Court for the Southern District of New York on July 21, the US SEC contradicts Judge Analisa Torres’ summary judgment ruling in the Ripple lawsuit. Moreover, SEC will appeal against the court’s ruling that XRP is a security, denying its relevance in Terraform and Do Kwon lawsuit.
SEC argues that institutional sales support the SEC’s arguments and programmatic sales decision is incorrect and should not be followed by the court. In addition, it reasons that the ruling can’t be squared with Howey and decades of federal securities laws jurisprudence.
“Those portions of Ripple were wrongly decided, and this Court should not follow them. SEC staff is considering the various available avenues for further review and intends to recommend that the SEC seek such review.”
Terra and Do Kwon lawyers filed a supplemental authority this week in support of the motion to dismiss the lawsuit by SEC. It claimed that Judge Torres’ ruling in the SEC v. Ripple lawsuit directly defendants’ motion to dismiss the lawsuit and justify that UST, LUNA, wLUNA, MIR, or mAssets are not investment contacts.
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Paul Grewal, chief legal officer of Coinbase, noted that the SEC once more argues its approach to Howey over the XRP ruling. Billionaire Mark Cuban also replied to Grewal, saying that Ripple made it clear that not every buyer is an investor and blockchain data clearly indicates the utility of the token.
Pro-XRP attorneys John Deaton and others also respond to the SEC’s view that Ripple ruling is “incorrect” and will appeal against the court’s decision. Deaton said even if the SEC was successful appealing Judge Torres ruling, all that happens is a Remand. Judge Torres is likely to determine that the Securities and Exchange Commission failed to demonstrate the common enterprise factor between Ripple and XRP holders in the secondary market.
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