In a series of recent events related to Ripple's lawsuit with the SEC, cryptocurrency expert Zach Rector has revealed a shocking scenario that could lead the company to pay billions of dollars in fines to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Ripple's $3 Billion Potential Loss
The renowned financial expert shared his analysis of the Ripple vs. SEC legal dispute on YouTube on Monday.
He claimed that the payment company might have to pay over $3 billion in fines to the SEC for violating federal securities laws by selling XRP.
According to the expert, the "worst-case scenario for the company is if Torres deems XRP ODL to be an investment contract." This would lead the company to pay a fine of "3 to 3.5 billion USD" to the SEC.
He pointed out that the regulatory body asserts that since suing the company in December 2020, Ripple has sold about $3 billion worth of XRP.
Additionally, the SEC also argued that when the lawsuit began, the company sold unregistered securities in 2013 to raise $1.3 billion.
However, after Judge Analisa Torres ruled that Ripple's programmatic sales activities and other XRP distribution activities did not operate as unregistered securities, this amount significantly reduced to $777 million.
The expert specifically predicted that Ripple would appeal in the second round if Judge Torres ruled that selling ODL was an investment contract.
He claimed that the company needs confirmation from its lawyers that the sales volume related to ODL can never be considered securities.
He also asserted that customers buying XRP to get ODL do not expect to profit from the payment company's efforts.
Therefore, he speculated that if Torres ruled that XRP sales connected to ODL are securities, Ripple would have to appeal this decision.
In the YouTube video, the expert addressed claims that Ripple would never be able to sell XRP again if they ultimately have to pay fines.
He claimed that this belief is "inaccurate" because the company can still perform all aspects of selling XRP.
The entry price for this order is very attractive as some analysts believe that ONDO's reasonable price is in the range of 0.4-0.7 USD. With a significant investment beyond the expected scope, Lookonchain suspected the whale had an insider.
Someone created a new wallet 27 hours ago and withdrew 1,870.68 $ETH ($5.7M) from #Gemini .
Then he spent the 1,870 $ETH ($5.7M) to buy 6M $ONDO at an average price of $0.95 in the past 27 hours.
Does this guy know something that we don't? https://t.co/3ZQ6s6SnVM pic.twitter.com/G1udIF8Mhw
— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) May 17, 2024
This transaction attracted the attention of the crypto community and ONDO, the native token of Ondo Finance, skyrocketed 11% immediately after the purchase.
However, ONDO has dropped after the latest bounce and is trading below the $1 threshold at the time of writing. However, ONDO is still increasing by more than 19% over the past week.
Crypto analyst Mags commented on the price movement, sharing analysis on the next price target for ONDO.
“If the price closes above 1 USD, the next target will be 1.4 USD and 2.7 USD or more.”
$ONDO keeps printing up +131%
$1.5 Incoming, Binance listing soon 👀 https://t.co/bF8lznNDOP pic.twitter.com/5v95S4aZvn
— Mags (@thescalpingpro) March 25, 2024
A whale created a new wallet on May 16 and withdrew 1,870.68 ETH (worth $5.7 million) from the Gemini cryptocurrency exchange to buy 6 million ONDO tokens at an average price of 0, 95 USD.
The entry price for this order is very attractive as some analysts believe that ONDO's reasonable price is in the range of 0.4-0.7 USD. With a significant investment beyond the expected scope, Lookonchain suspected the whale had an insider.
Someone created a new wallet 27 hours ago and withdrew 1,870.68 $ETH ($5.7M) from #Gemini .
Then he spent the 1,870 $ETH ($5.7M) to buy 6M $ONDO at an average price of $0.95 in the past 27 hours.
Does this guy know something that we don't? https://t.co/3ZQ6s6SnVM pic.twitter.com/G1udIF8Mhw
— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) May 17, 2024
This transaction attracted the attention of the crypto community and ONDO, the native token of Ondo Finance, skyrocketed 11% immediately after the purchase.
However, ONDO has dropped after the latest bounce and is trading below the $1 threshold at the time of writing. However, ONDO is still increasing by more than 19% over the past week.
Crypto analyst Mags commented on the price movement, sharing analysis on the next price target for ONDO.
“If the price closes above 1 USD, the next target will be 1.4 USD and 2.7 USD or more.”
$ONDO keeps printing up +131%
$1.5 Incoming, Binance listing soon 👀 https://t.co/bF8lznNDOP pic.twitter.com/5v95S4aZvn
— Mags (@thescalpingpro) March 25, 2024
Fantom (FTM), a once famous layer-1 blockchain, is receiving attention again ahead of an important upgrade called Sonic.
On the evening of May 17, the Fantom Foundation posted an important governance proposal, announcing to the community a new project called Sonic Network (S). Sonic Network is a new layer-1 blockchain developed by Fantom on the new Sonic technology platform, replacing Fantom's old Opera version.
https://x.com/FantomFDN/status/1791517798205907116
Once the Sonic Network is deployed, FTM holders will be able to redeem tokens 1:1 for the Sonic network currency called S. Those who do not want to redeem can still continue to hold FTM. However, the Fantom Foundation encourages users to migrate to the new network as all the attention and development effort of the project will be transferred here.
The rest of the proposal retains the changes that were mentioned in the Sonic upgrade announcement at the beginning of the year.
Both Fantom's FTM and TVL token prices have increased more than 30% in the last 7 days, the clearest signal that money is being poured back into the project.
Specifically, while the FTM price increased from 0.64 USD to 0.84 USD, the value locked (TVL) of Fantom increased to 200 million USD on May 16, before decreasing to 129 million USD at the time of writing. This is the highest TVL level that Fantom has achieved since July 2023, when the Multichain hack occurred, causing heavy damage to the ecosystem.
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