In July 2023, a federal judge ruled that XRP itself was not inherently an investment contract, prompting exchanges like Coinbase and Kraken to restore U.S. XRP trading

Lawsuits, settlements and criminal cases brought by regulators and prosecutors against crypto firms and individuals.

Court decisions that shape digital-asset law, from Ripple and Coinbase rulings on securities status to criminal verdicts against exchange founders.

Ongoing legal fight over which digital assets count as securities under investor-protection law and which are commodities, determining whether the SEC or CFTC oversees them.