Ripple Lawsuit Setback: XRP Price Continues to Slip as Court Denies Motion

XRP price plunged by 5% shortly after Judge Analisa Torres denied an indicative ruling in the Ripple SEC lawsuit. The decision has cast uncertainty over the case, dampening XRP market sentiment as bearish sentiment rises concerning delays in a potential settlement. Ripple’s Chief Legal Officer, Stuart Alderoty, will collaborate to address the concerns of the court. As XRP tests critical support, market analysts still remain hopeful of a bounce back.

XRP Price Rally to Stall From Here?

Amid a strong undercurrent in the altcoins market, XRP price performance has remained laidback with 16% monthly gains, while peers like Ethereum (ETH), Solana (SOL), Dogecoin (DOGE), and others are up by 3-50%.

Following the court decision on Thursday to deny the joint motion in Ripple SEC lawsuit, XRP crashed 5%, slipping to $2.35 earlier today. The Ripple cryptocurrency faced a strong rejection at $2.6 earlier this week and corrected nearly 10% from the top.

On the technical chart, XRP price is currently testing a crucial trendline, while facing a make-or-break situation. According to crypto trader “Man of Bitcoin,” a breach under this trendline could lead to a substantial pullback to the next support identified in the $2.19 to $1.79 range.

As per the Coinglass data, the XRP open interest has also tanked 6% to $5.08 billion, while the 24-hour liquidations have crossed to $22.86 million of which $20.37 million is inlong liquidations.

Experts’ Take on What Happens Next in the Ripple Lawsuit

After Judge Analisa Torres rejected the joint motion for an indicative ruling on Thursday, experts and lawyers from the Ripple community shared their take on what lies ahead in the Ripple SEC case. With the joint motion, Ripple was trying to get out of two major penalties: the order to stop selling illegal securities and the requirement to pay the full fine.

Per the latest XRP lawsuit update, the court believes that the motion was “improperly” filed with an attempt to cancel important parts of the final decision that had already been made in the case.

Following the XRP news today, crypto lawyer John Deaton raised an important point that, from Judge Torres’s perspective, the SEC has invested five years aggressively pursuing its legal strategy against Ripple, consuming “thousands of hours of legal and judicial manpower,” only to now suggest that much of this extensive effort was unnecessary.

In addition to denying the joint motion in the Ripple SEC lawsuit, Judge Torres has provided clear guidance for the next potential steps. The court indicated that both the SEC and Ripple would need to satisfy specific legal requirements and demonstrate that modifying her previous decision would serve the interests of both the public and institutional XRP buyers. We might as well see the XRP price rally stalled until things become clear.

What Are the Next Steps for Ripple & SEC?

Following the court decision, Ripple CLO Stuart Alderoty stated that Ripple and US SEC would revisit this issue together in the ongoing XRP lawsuit. In a message on the X platform, the Ripple CLO wrote:

“Nothing in today’s order changes Ripple’s wins (i.e. XRP is not a security, etc). This is about procedural concerns with the dismissal of Ripple’s cross-appeal. Ripple and the SEC are fully in agreement to resolve this case and will revisit this issue with the Court, together”.

Pro-XRP lawyer Bill Morgan has outlined a potential sequence of legal actions in Ripple’s ongoing case:

1. Following an indicative ruling, the parties would file a motion with the Court of Appeals for a limited remand to secure agreed-upon relief from Judge Torres.
2. Upon approval of the limited remand, a motion will be filed with Judge Torres seeking the agreed relief.
3. After dissolving the injunction and paying a reduced fine of $50 million, the parties would move to dismiss both the appeal and cross-appeal with the Second Circuit Court.