A complaint was recently filed by 18 state attorneys general and the DeFi Education Fund against the US Securities and Exchange Commission ...

Every armchair securities lawyer can see the Howey analysis embedded in the SEC’s alleged facts. Howey refers to a Supreme Court case from 1946 that gives a framework for determining if an ...

The SEC’s lawsuit is based on the Howey test, a legal standard that determines whether something is a security. This test ...

Will the SEC’s leadership change drive Ripple’s case withdrawal? Key January dates may influence XRP’s future.

She noted that the 1946 decision in SEC v. W.J. Howey Co. concerned Florida orange groves. “Just logically, how can that possibly be something that makes sense for a blockchain technology or a d ...

Following a landmark lawsuit from 1946, SEC v W. J. Howey Co., U.S. securities law defined sales of securities as “investment contracts” – meaning that a person who invests money in a ...

As 2024 winds down, the legal battle between Ripple and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is still hanging in the ...

This week marks the fourth anniversary of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing its lawsuit against Ripple ...

XRP investors await the SEC’s January 15 appeal filing deadline, as rulings on programmatic sales spark heated legal debates.