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Judge Denies SEC’s Plan For Quick Appeal Against Ripple Ruling | ZeroHedge

District court judge Analisa Torres has rejected the SEC's motion to appeal its loss against Ripple Labs, the company responsible for issuing the XRP token.

The SEC needed Torres' permission to appeal her ruling because it wasn't a final judgment.

The regulator was also seeking to put on hold its suit against Ripple for allegedly offering unregistered securities while the appeal is pending.

As CoinTelegraph's Tom Mitchellhill reports, in the court order, Judge Torres denied the SEC's motion, claiming that the regulator failed to meet its burden to show that there were controlling questions of law or that there were substantial grounds for differences of opinion on the matter.

As a reminder, Bloomberg reports that Torres’ initial ruling was widely hailed as a victory for the crypto industry, which has resisted attempts to categorize digital assets as securities subject to regulation.

In her July 13 decision, Torres drew a distinction between sales of XRP to institutional investors, (more…)

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Can RFK Jr Become President As An Independent? | ZeroHedge

Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times,

As predicted two weeks ago, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., appears ready to declare as an independent for president. Already polling at 20 percent nationwide, he will announce that he is severing ties with the Democratic National Committee (DNC). This is because the DNC has set up impossible roadblocks to victory within the party apparatus and the primary process. The Biden administration is denying him Secret Service protection despite apparent (more…)

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IRS Hits MyPillow With Five Audits: Mike Lindell | ZeroHedge

Last week we noted that MyPillow has been "crippled" by American Express, according to CEO Mike Lindell.

On Saturday, Lindell said that his company is now facing five IRS audits related to employees who worked remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic.

"It started in California. Now there's three other states that are coming at MyPillow. And Steve, it's disgusting," Lindell told Bannon on the "War Room" podcast.

"They just (more…)

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