{"id":630270,"date":"2026-07-16T14:42:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=831547"},"modified":"2026-07-16T14:42:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T14:42:05","slug":"ripples-schwartz-says-sec-treated-xrp-like-a-security-despite-calling-the-crypto-just-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/ripples-schwartz-says-sec-treated-xrp-like-a-security-despite-calling-the-crypto-just-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Ripple\u2019s Schwartz Says SEC Treated XRP Like a Security Despite Calling the Crypto \u2018Just Code\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sec-building-1-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"SEC building\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz says the SEC effectively treated XRP as a security despite acknowledging the crypto token was not inherently one, challenging a former SEC attorney\u2019s interpretation of the Ripple case. Schwartz Says SEC\u2019s XRP Theory Extended Beyond Ripple\u2019s Conduct The disagreement between Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz and former SEC official Marc [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz says the SEC effectively treated XRP as a security despite acknowledging the crypto token was not inherently one, challenging a former SEC attorney\u2019s interpretation of the Ripple case. Schwartz Says SEC\u2019s XRP Theory Extended Beyond Ripple\u2019s Conduct The disagreement between Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz and former SEC official Marc [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":630271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-630270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin","8":"category-featured"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}