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As the XRP lawsuit lingers on, lawyer Bill Morgan has found significant upsides to the latest joint motion filed by the parties. While whispers of an early decision by the court continue to swirl, experts argue that a ruling in the short term will most likely be a rejection of the joint motion. Bill Morgan
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The long-standing legal battle between the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple Labs could face another potential delay.
This possibility looms as both parties have yet to refile their motion correctly, with the June 16 deadline quickly approaching.
On May 8, BeInCrypto reported that the SEC and Ripple jointly requested an indicative ruling from Judge Torres to approve a settlement that would reduce the penalty to $50 million and dissolve the injunction placed on Ripple.
On May 15, Judge Analisa Torres rejected the parties’ request. She stated that if jurisdiction were returned to the court, she would deny the motion because it was procedurally improper.
Essentially, the parties did not follow the correct legal process when requesting, which led to the denial. Therefore, it meant that both Ripple and the SEC needed to refile under the appropriate rule.
However, as of June 5, 2025, the parties haven’t refiled. This has raised concerns about the next steps in the case. Attorney Fred Rispoli highlighted the absence of a proper refiling in a recent post on X (formerly Twitter).
He emphasized that on June 16, both parties must submit a status update to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
“20 days later, no refile yet by SEC and Ripple in district court, and the June 16 deadline for the status update in the 2nd Circuit looms large,” Rispoli posted.
The June 16 deadline holds significant weight, as it will determine the next steps in the case. Rispoli noted that if nothing is refiled, the Second Circuit will only have the denial of the first motion to work with. This could restart the briefing schedule.
Alternatively, if a motion is pending before Judge Torres at the time of the status update, the Second Circuit will likely extend the process by an additional 60 days.
“The next step? The message by Torres was clear that both parties need to beg for forgiveness. Ripple will say whatever to get it done, but how much public groveling is the SEC willing to do? And how much groveling will be authorized? We have 12 days to find out,” Rispoli added.
Notably, as the deadline draws near, rumors have begun circulating that Ripple, the SEC, and Judge Torres may have already reached a settlement agreement.
“Rumors swirling. Hearing SEC, Ripple & Judge Torres have finally reached an agreement. Word is Ripple came out on top,” a user stated.
The user added that an announcement could come as early as Friday, June 13. However, he cautioned that the news remains unverified. Additionally, the associated parties have not provided any official confirmation.
Meanwhile, amid the uncertainty, XRP’s price has also taken a hit. BeInCrypto data showed that over the past week, the altcoin’s value has seen an 8.8% decline.
At the time of writing, XRP’s trading price was $2.19, representing a 2.36% drop over the past 24 hours.
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The ongoing XRP price consolidation will likely end soon due to two catalysts – the recent spike in active addresses and the DC Blockchain Summit. Could these two events trigger a production of higher lows that push the token to bounce and tag the $3 psychological level?
Bitcoin is up nearly 3% in the past 20 hours and trades around $83K with no clear directional bias. However, XRP, Ethereum (ETH), and other altcoins await a bias after the highly anticipated Fed’s Interest Rate decision and FOMC events.
From a purely technical perspective, XRP price is hovering between the $2.057 to $2.724 range. After a deviation of the range low on March 11, the token has bounced 30% to set up a local top at $2.47. For the trend to remain bullish, Ripple’s XRP needs to produce a higher low above $2.057. Such a development will propel the price to revisit the range high of $2.724.
In a highly bullish case, where Bitcoin price remains above $90K, Ripple’s token could flip the range high resistance level at $2.724 into a support level, advancing to $3. This move would constitute a near 40% rally, assuming XRP price produces a higher low at $2.1571.
As of December 2, 2024, XRP price touched the $2.69 level for the first time in more than five years. This historic level saw Daily Active Addresses (DAA) hit a peak of 165K. Since then, the on-chain metric remained relatively lower, showing a waning of investors’ interest. However, the DAA more than tripled and hit 530K on March 2. This sudden uptick notes that investors are interested in XRP at the current price levels.
Since the DAA spike has been sustained for the past two weeks, it indicates that XRP holders are anticipating something huge in the upcoming days.
This is where the DC Blockchain Summit fits in, where multiple well-known crypto personalities and US government officials are gathered to discuss cryptocurrency.
Meanwhile, Chainlink’s Sergey Nazarov is set to host a pivotal discussion with Bo Hines, who is the executive director of the President’s Council of Advisers on Digital Assets and all things crypto.
Considering that Ripple is a US-based company, the DC Blockchain Summit could reveal Ripple and other key cryptocurrencies and blockchain’s role in furthering America as crypto capital. Hence, the chances of XRP price rallying to $3 and beyond due to these catalysts are high.
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