The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may soon pull back from its legal battles with crypto firms, according to John Reed Stark, a former SEC attorney.
Stark, who previously led the SEC’s Office of Internet Enforcement, believes all ongoing investigations—both formal and informal—are likely to stall, including the agency’s long-running case against Ripple.
The former attorney stated in a February 18 post on X that he expects the SEC to instruct its trial unit to either pause all crypto-related cases or settle them on terms favorable to the companies involved.
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Recent court decisions align with this possibility. In January, a judge ruled that the SEC’s lawsuit against Coinbase
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must be paused until an appeals court weighs in.
Meanwhile, in February, a judge approved a request from the SEC and Binance
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to delay proceedings for 60 days.
He also expects the legal battle over Ripple to be delayed or withdrawn entirely, though he did not specify a timeline beyond saying it could happen “soon”.
Another sign of shifting priorities at the SEC is the reassignment of Jorge Tenreiro, a lawyer in major crypto cases, to the agency’s information technology division. Along with this, the SEC has reassigned more than 50 lawyers and staff members.
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