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    Home » Crypto News » Ripple Slammed With Another Lawsuit From One of Its Major Investors

    Ripple Slammed With Another Lawsuit From One of Its Major Investors

    Author: Anthonia Isichei

    Last Updated Jan 6, 2021 @ 09:49

    The San-Francisco-based blockchain company Ripple may still have more issues to deal with, as one of its lead investors involved in the company’s Series C funding has filed a lawsuit following the U.S. SEC’s allegations.

    Ripple Gets Hit From the Inside

    According to Bloomberg, on Tuesday (Jan. 5, 2021), Tetragon Financial Group, an investment company based in the UK fled a complaint against Ripple on Monday in Delaware Chancery Court. Part of the lawsuit is looking to “enforce its contractual right to require Ripple to redeem” Series C preferred stock.

    Tetragon was the lead investor in Ripple’s $200 million Series C funding back in Dec. 2019. The funds raised were channeled towards upgrading the XRP Ledger and to expand the utility of the XRP token.

    The investment company also wants the court to freeze Ripple’s liquid or cash assets until the company makes the payment. Besides, Tetragon is seeking a restraining order, along with an accelerated trial, and a preliminary injunction.

    Tetragon’s lawsuit came after the U.S. SEC back in Dec. 2020 claimed that Ripple conducted unauthorized securities offerings worth over $1 billion. Following the SEC’s allegations, the consequences have been devastating for Ripple.

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    Addressing the issue, Ripple has posted an official response to Tetragon’s allegation, which reads:

    In Ripple’s Series C investment agreement, there is a provision that if XRP is deemed to be a security on a go forward basis, then Tetragon has the option of having Ripple redeem their Ripple equity. Since there has been no such determination, this lawsuit has no merit. We are disappointed that Tetragon is seeking to unfairly take advantage of the lack of regulatory clarity here in the U.S. The courts will provide this clarity and we are very confident in our position.

    Apart from the XRP token value taking a nosedive, different crypto platforms have also either delisted or planned to delist or suspend XRP for U.S. traders.  As CryptoPotato recently reported, Grayscale Investments removed the token from its diversified public crypto fund, liquidated its XRP holdings, and used the funds to buy other crypto assets in the fund.

    The SEC’s allegations also affected major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, after one of its users sued the company for receiving commissions gotten from the illegal sale of XRP on its platform.

    Determined to Come Out Winning

    Meanwhile, Ripple is determined to win the legal battle, stating that it would respond to the SEC’s claims and prove that they are false. The initial pretrial date for the SEC vs. Ripple case is set for February 2021.

    Despite the problems surrounding Ripple and XRP, it seems that the company has supporters ready to throw in their weight. A petition by a group of Ripple supporters argued that the SEC’s allegations, which were “frivolous,” had adversely affected several ordinary Americans holding XRP. The petition further asked the White House to declare XRP a currency.

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    Anthonia Isichei
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    Anthonia is a fintech writer who has been involved in the crypto space since 2017 covering developments across regulations, adoption, and several other aspects of the Industry. When not neck-deep in the crypto news cycle, Anthonia spends her free time globetrotting and playing video games.

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