Legal representatives of Ripple fintech giant and U.S. securities regulator, the SEC, will be present at the first pretrial conference on the SEC-initiated legal case against Ripple and its former and current CEOs on Feb. 22, 2021.
The conference will be convened by the Southern District Court in New York City. It will take place via telephone as ordered by the judge, due to the current spread of the coronavirus and preventive measures related to it.
Both sides of the legal case will also have to file a joint letter by Feb. 15. The document will contain a brief description of the legal case with a layout of the factual and legal reasons behind it.
Ripple Labs, Brad Garlinghouse (CEO) and Chris Larsen (former CEO and cofounder) have been accused of selling "unregistered securities" (XRP) for eight years and making over $1 billion on them.
Several exchanges have announced they are going to seize XRP, including two major players - Coinbase and Bittrex. The community expects that Binance may do the same in the near future.
Vladislav Sopov
Denys Serhiichuk