Tyler Winklevoss Suggests Oregon AG Should Be Impeached For Calling XRP An Unregistered Security In Coinbase Lawsuit ⋆ ZyCrypto
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Advertisement     Tyler Winklevoss, co-founder of the Gemini digital asset exchange, has slammed Oregon’s Attorney General over his lawsuit against crypto giant Coinbase. This lawsuit argues that Ripple’s XRP and other crypto tokens are unregistered securities under Oregon state laws. Oregon AG Accuses Coinbase Of Violating Securities Laws In an April 18 announcement, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said he had sued Coinbase for allegedly offering XRP and 30 other digital assets as unregistered securities in violation of state law. The Oregon Department of Justice stated that the new suit was part of an effort to fill what it described as a regulatory vacuum left by federal agencies in the Donald Trump regime. “States must fill enforcement vacuum being left by federal regulators who are abandoning these cases under the Trump administration,” the department claimed. Justin Slaughter, the vice president of regulatory affairs at crypto investment firm Paradigm, highlighted that the “kitchen sink lawsuit” claims a slate of digital assets are unregistered securities. The list of tokens mentioned includes popular altcoins, including Ripple’s XRP, Aave, Avalanche, Uniswap, and Near Protocol. Advertisement   Gemini co-founder Tyler Winklevoss has voiced concerns about the validity of the case, pointing to the recent federal court ruling that declared XRP a non-security. Maybe Oregon’s AG didn’t get the memo. A U.S. Federal judge already ruled that XRP is NOT a security. Impeach this clown 🤡 for wasting taxpayer money and blatantly defying the law. https://t.co/viuTwbMxov — Tyler Winklevoss (@tyler) April 22, 2025 XRP’s Legal Status Unshaken Ripple, the blockchain payments firm behind XRP, had been mired in a lawsuit with the US. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Ripple was slapped with a lawsuit in late 2020, with the SEC contending that the company raised $1.3 billion via an unregistered securities offering of the XRP…
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