Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said at an event at the University of Kansas School of Business that after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Ripple in 2020, the company had seriously considered shutting down. Garlinghouse said the government has nearly unlimited resources, making closure a potentially easier option; Ripple could have distributed its held XRP to shareholders pro rata and told the SEC the company no longer held XRP. But he said that would have led to the unemployment of hundreds of people, so Ripple ultimately chose to continue fighting the lawsuit. The SEC previously accused Ripple of conducting an unregistered securities offering by selling XRP, and the two sides later reached a settlement. (CoinGape)

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ThisIsWhereYouCanEarnMoneyTo
· 12h ago
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ChillBlock
· 13h ago
Hundreds of people’s livelihoods vs lying flat to split the money—whoever it is has to weigh this choice.
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VinesCoiledIntoGeometricShapes
· 13h ago
Brad is being very straightforward: once the government machine starts running, small companies basically can’t handle it—surviving is definitely not easy.
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GateUser-470bc925
· 13h ago
The SEC settled, but at what cost? How many innovation projects did three years of litigation crush—regulatory clarity or a luxury good?
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