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Partner Teresa Goody Guillén was quoted in an Aug. 10 <a href="https://www.dlnews.com/articles/regulation/gary-gensler-and-the-sec-will-appeal-xrp-ripple-token-verdict/">DL News article</a> about a request that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has just made to appeal its recent loss in a case involving Ripple Labs.

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The SEC filed its request to appeal a July court decision that Ripple’s XRP token did not qualify as a security when it was sold via exchanges to the public.

The question of whether (or under what circumstances) a crypto token may be considered a security has yet to be answered because there have been contradictory court decisions. As Goody Guillén explained to DL News, although the Ripple decision rejected what a different court had decided previously, “another court could explicitly reject this decision just as easily.”

“Ransomware spoils crypto industry clean up” (<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/faff7df7-8580-4988-8935-eea82ec9b1d1">The Financial Times</a> Cryptofinance newsletter; subscription required).

“SEC faces ‘wake up call’ after Ripple ruling, though appeal likely” (<a href="https://www.theblock.co/post/239559/sec-faces-wake-up-call-after-ripple-ruling-though-appeal-likely">The Block</a>).

“What Ripple’s Partial XRP Win Means for Other Crypto Firms Fighting SEC” (<a href="https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2023/07/14/what-ripples-partial-xrp-win-means-for-other-crypto-firms-fighting-sec/">CoinDesk</a>).

SEC seeks decision that crypto is a security

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