XRP učinek? Je Jay Clayton res samo odmeval Rippleove govorne točke?

Jay Clayton, the former Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, doesn’t exactly have the coziest relationship with the crypto-community. While he was never very popular, what pushed his favorables down the drain was his last act in office – The SEC charging Ripple and its executives with illegal securities offerings.

Needless to say, the pushback from the community was vocal and vicious, with many like defendant Garlinghouse using the aforementioned lawsuit to suggest that the United States and its SEC weren’t tech-friendly and were dead set against innovation in the country. Curiously, while the price of XRP tanked immediately after the news broke out, on the back of small legal victories and the “us v. them” narrative gaining steam, both XRP and Ripple recovered.

In doing so, many believe the SEC now has egg on its face, with a recent Forbes članek going as far as suggesting that the SEC, not Ripple, is on trial right now.

Clayton ni več predsednik SEC, "kripto prijazen" Gary Gensler je. Vendar ima zadnje dejanje predsednika kot nov predsednik nov pomen z vsakim novim odstopom in vsakim novim predlogom v tekoči zadevi.

Ergo, it was in this context of these developments that Jay Clayton’s latest Op-ed for Wall Street Journal came out of the blue.

Now, Clayton touched upon quite a few points here, including the logistics of the U.S introducing the Digital Dollar and cryptocurrencies being the “preferred method” for hackers (Clearly, Clayton isn’t aware of January’s Chainalysis crypto-crime poročilo which found that while ransomware attacks rose significantly over the last year, illicit activities made up just 0.34% of all cryptocurrency transaction volume – Down from 2% the previous year).

Kar pa je pritegnilo največ pozornosti, je bila Claytonova trditev - "Inovacija je dobrodošla, če ni nobenega pravnega razloga, da bi ji nasprotovali." Še več, nekdanji predsednik SEC je tudi priznal potrebo po regulativni jasnosti in učinkovitosti, obenem pa se je dotaknil potrebe po proaktivnem in usklajenem pristopu, da se zagotovi "vodilna vloga" ameriškega finančnega trga.

Now, read the aforementioned points carefully. These aren’t just mere arguments in an Op-ed. They are talking points, with each one of them sharing glaring similarities with what the likes of Ripple, its execs, and other industry representatives have said over the past year. In common parlance, Clayton seemingly took a u-turn, with the ex-Chair’s viewpoints now, impossibly, in alignment with the views of most in the crypto-community.

Kaj pa bi lahko spodbudilo tak preobrat? No, lahko samo špekuliramo. Claytonova trenutna vloga svetovalca pri One River Asset Management je morda morda imela svojo vlogo.

A simpler explanation, however, can be that Clayton has finally recognized which way the wind is blowing. As highlighted previously, of late, it has been the SEC on trial, not the San Francisco-based blockchain firm. The fact that Judge Netburn had to order the SEC, twice, to turn over internal Bitcoin, ETH, XRP communications, only to have the agency vprašati primer še enega podaljšanja.

Po besedah ​​mnogih v skupnosti je Clayton končno "ujet v kot".

Tudi Brad Garlinghouse iz Rippleja je komentiral isto, omenjeni Op-ed in njegova opažanja pa je označil za "ironična". Medtem ko je izvršitelj sicer rekel, da je bolje pozno kot nikoli, je to hitro storil dodajte,

»Kriptos, tako kot skoraj vsako novo inovativno tehnologijo, je mogoče uporabiti za dobre ali slabe namene. Težava je v tem, da ameriška podjetja, ki želijo biti skladna in to tehnologijo uporabljajo do konca, zaradi pomanjkanja jasnega, predvidljivega okvira ostanejo v zadregi (ali za Ripple, še huje!). "

Ripple ima v svojem kotu že Mary Jo-White, Claytonovo predhodnico kot predsednico SEC. Zdi se, da bi se Clayton tudi sam lahko postavil na stran pogovorov obtožencev. Kaj pa to pomeni? No, verjetno nič kaj dosti.

What it will do, however, is fan talks of a naselje once again. When that might be, alas, is a question for another time.

Vir: https://ambcrypto.com/did-jay-clayton-really-just-echo-ripples-talking-points/