Il giudice respinge la mozione per archiviare il caso Terraform, non è d'accordo con la decisione di Ripple

Il giudice respinge la mozione per archiviare il caso Terraform, non è d'accordo con la decisione di Ripple

A United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit against Terraform Labs is set to go ahead after a U.S. judge overseeing the case denied the firm’s motion to dismiss on July 31. 

In handing down the order, the judge also rejected a decision from another judge who ruled that Ripple did not violate securities laws based on their manner of sale.

Prima la SEC ha intentato una causa against Terraform Labs and its founder Do Kwon on Feb 16, alleging it was once “orchestrating a multi-billion dollar crypto asset securities fraud.”

In April, Terraform Labs’ legal representatives filed a motion for the dismissal of the suit, with supplemental materials for the motion provided in June

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Il giudice Rakoff nega l'istanza di archiviazione di Terraform Labs. Fonte: ascoltatore di corte

In rejecting the defendants’ motion to dismiss, Judge Jed Rakoff of the Southern District Court of New York essere trovato che:

"Ai fini di questa mozione, tutte le accuse fondate devono essere considerate vere e tutte le ragionevoli deduzioni da esse devono essere tratte a favore della SEC".

Nella sua precedente mozione di licenziamento, i rappresentanti di Terraform Labs hanno sostenuto che la SEC non ha giurisdizione sia sulla società che sul suo fondatore. Ha anche respinto la posizione dell'agenzia secondo cui i token tra cui Mirror Protocol (MIR), Terra Classic (LUNC) e TerraUSD Classic (USTC) sono titoli.

It also argued, in light of the Supreme Court ruling on the major questions doctrine, “Congress is not only engaging in robust debate over how crypto should be regulated, it is asking the SEC to wait for Congress to act.”

It went on to cite a procedural issue in the agency’s suit against Coinbase and its newly divulged emails concerning former SEC director William Hinman that figured in the agency’s suit against Ripple Labs.

However, Judge Jed Rakoff of the Southern District Court of New York ha scritto that “it would ignore reality to place the crypto-currency industry and the American energy and tobacco industries,” implying that the major questions doctrine may not apply to the case and thus dismissing that objection. The procedural questions were also dismissed.

The judge devoted several pages to an analysis of the Howey test, which was at the heart of the Hinman discussion. No formal contract is necessary to meet the test, and tokens themselves may be considered tokens in arguments before the court, Rakoff wrote.

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Il tribunale ha anche rifiutato di "tracciare una distinzione tra queste monete [MIR e LUNA] in base al loro modo di vendita". Perciò:

"La Corte respinge l'approccio recentemente adottato da un altro giudice di questo distretto in un caso simile, SEC v. Ripple Labs Inc. [...] Howey non fa tale distinzione tra acquirenti [primari e secondari]."

That approach – that XRP (XRP) was a commodity when sold on the secondary market – was a partial win for Ripple. Its rejection here could bode well for the SEC, if other judges follow Rakoff’s example.

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