California Judge Breaks With New York Counterpart, Sends Ripple Securities Lawsuit to Trial

California Judge Breaks With New York Counterpart, Sends Ripple Securities Lawsuit to Trial

“The court declines to find as a matter of law that a reasonable investor would have derived any expectation of profit from general cryptocurrency market trends, as opposed to Ripple’s efforts to facilitate XRP’s use in cross-border payments, among other things,” Hamilton wrote. “Accordingly, the [court] cannot find as a matter of law that Ripple’s conduct would not have led a reasonable investor to have an expectation of profit due to the efforts of others.”