In part of an ongoing struggle to determine how cryptocurrency fits into existing financial structures, a federal judge issued a July 2023 judgment around whether XRP, the native crypto token for Ripple Labs, was a security or not. The verdict? Depends on the transaction in question. Join us to unpack what is really going on in the Ripple decision with Colin Lloyd, partner in Sullivan Cromwell's Commodities, Futures and Derivatives and Capital Markets Groups.
The Ripple Effect
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Colin Lloyd
Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
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Kellee Wicker
Director, Science and Technology Innovation Program
Alan N. Rechtschaffen
Trustee, Wilson Center;
Private Investor; Senior Lecturer of Laws, New York University
Private Investor; Senior Lecturer of Laws, New York University
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