XRP futures open interest reaches $1.2 billion record

XRP futures open interest reaches $1.2 billion record

Positive news regarding the SEC lawsuit saw XRP price rally above $1 and its futures open interest to reach an all-time high. XRP price's journey to $1 this year has been nothing short of spectacular, considering the ongoing Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against Ripple initiated in December 2020. The regulator alleges that XRP was a $1.3 billion unregistered securities offering and both CEO Brad Garlinghouse and co-founder Christian Larsen are also in the crosshairs.On April 6, Ripple Labs was granted access to the U.S. SEC's documents "expressing the agency's interpretation....


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