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Tuesday, 12/29/2020 7:21:54 AM

Tuesday, December 29, 2020 7:21:54 AM

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Coinbase in today's news.

https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-suspends-xrp-trading

For Coinbase, the reason for dropping XRP as a traded asset was simple: As the company seeks to go public, being a platform for something that’s potentially a security would mean adding more paperwork simply so it could be legally allowed to let retail customers buy and sell a single cryptocurrency.

The SEC claimed last week that XRP is a security, and that Ripple has been selling it without registering or seeking an exemption for seven years, raising $1.3 billion in the process. The legal battle itself is just beginning, and litigation might take years if Ripple fights the charge in court, as it has indicated it would.

Coinbase is now the biggest exchange to act on XRP and could serve as a bellwether for other platforms. On Friday, Bitstamp announced it would halt XRP trading and deposits for all U.S. customers on Jan. 8.

Similarly San Francisco-based OKCoin announced its XRP suspension earlier Monday, effective Jan. 4.

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