Ripple pushes urgent XRPL patch — but nodes must trust its new key
A new key controlled by Ripple used to sign rippled packages is needed to prevent XRP Ledger nodes from crashing.
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A new key controlled by Ripple used to sign rippled packages is needed to prevent XRP Ledger nodes from crashing.
Read more (2 min) →The XRP Ledger operated in 2012, yet founders and early developers claim to have permanently lost all of that data.
Scott Purcell has resigned as CEO of Fortress Trust after Ripple backed away from its acquisition of the firm.
No reason has been given for abandoning the Fortress acquisition but Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said that his firm will remain an investor.
The SEC has asked Judge Analisa Torres for interlocutory review and her permission to appeal two rulings that favored Ripple and XRP.
In the SEC's case against Ripple, a judge has partially denied the SEC’s request for summary judgment leading some to claim a win for Ripple.
Judge Torres has overruled the SEC's appeals to keep former director William Hinman's Ethereum speech drafts out of court.
Ripple denies that XRP qualifies as a security because sales of the token never included an investment contract. The SEC disputes this.
Lawyer John Deaton says the SEC should go after Ripple if it can prove a case but it's unfair to hit traders 10 years after they bought XRP.
A lot has changed since Ripple launched XRP back in 2012 and the once-innovative token has quickly lost ground in the race to be top altcoin.