Hinman Speech Released in Ripple Labs Filing

Jun 13, 2023

Recently revealed emails tied William Hinman, the former director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, were published Tuesday by Ripple in its ongoing defense against an SEC lawsuit. Hinman suggested in a 2018 speech that bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) were not securities, in his view. "The Hash" panel discusses the crypto industry's reaction to the release of these documents.

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