[2025-01-23] The latest IT, economic, blockchain and coin news

Non-profit firm Better Markets has thrown its weight behind the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by filing an amicus brief in its appeal against Ripple Labs. The brief asks the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a 2023 district court ruling that deemed Ripple’s XRP sales to retail investors exempt from U.S. securities laws. The non-profit flagged the decision in its brief, stating the court misapplied the Howey Test and jeopardized the integrity of investor protections. Th...