XRP’s Rollercoaster Week: Legal Triumph, ETF Mania & Wild Price Swings (Sept 26, 2025)
Legal and Regulatory Breakthrough for XRP Landmark SEC Case Resolution: One of the most significant developments underpinning XRP’s recent fortunes is the final resolution of Ripple’s SEC lawsuit. In early August 2025, Ripple Labs and the U.S. SEC jointly agreed to dismiss their appeals, officially ending a legal battle that began in 2020 coindesk.com coindesk.com. This means District Judge Analisa Torres’ 2023 ruling now stands as the definitive outcome: XRP itself is not inherently a security, distinguishing between sales on public exchanges (non-securities) and past institutional sales (which did violate securities laws) coindesk.com. Ripple did incur penalties – about $125