Ripple Labs和SEC达成了一项暂定协议，可以结束诉讼

Ripple Labs和美国证券交易委员会已经达成了一项暂定协议，该协议可以正式结束加密货币最引人注目的法律斗争之一。

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Ripple Labs have reached a tentative agreement that could finally close one of crypto's most public legal battles.

美国证券交易委员会和Ripple Labs达成了一项暂定协议，该协议最终可以结束加密货币最公共的法律斗争之一。

As part of the deal, the SEC will keep just $50 million to settle its case with Ripple and return $75 million of the $125 million fine the firm paid last year, the regulator said Wednesday. The agency’s commissioners and a federal judge must still approve the settlement.

该公司周三表示，作为交易的一部分，SEC将仅保留5000万美元与Ripple解决案件，并将该公司去年支付的1.25亿美元罚款中的7500万美元返回。该机构的专员和联邦法官仍必须批准和解。

The move comes shortly after the SEC dropped its planned appeal of a 2023 ruling by U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres.

此举是在美国证券交易委员会（SEC）放弃了美国地方法院法官Analisa Torres一项裁决的计划上诉之后不久。

In that decision, Torres found that some of Ripple’s sales of XRP to retail investors through exchanges did not breach securities laws, in a partial win for the firm. But she ruled that some institutional sales did cross the line, leading to the $125 million penalty.

在这一决定中，托雷斯发现，Ripple通过交易所销售XRP在散户投资者中的某些销售并没有违反证券法，这是该公司的部分胜利。但是她裁定一些机构销售确实越过了界限，导致了1.25亿美元的罚款。

The SEC had originally been seeking nearly $2 billion from Ripple in civil penalties, disgorgement and interest. But the court landed on a much lower figure for the case, which will now see Ripple gain a refund of 60% of that sum.

SEC最初是从Ripple中寻求近20亿美元的民事处罚，诉讼和利息。但是，法院的案件降低了较低的数字，现在，波纹退还了60％的款项。

In response, Ripple has agreed to withdraw its own planned appeal of aspects of Judge Torres’s ruling, and the SEC will ask the court to lift a standard injunction that restricted Ripple’s operations.

作为回应，Ripple已同意撤回对托雷斯法官裁决方面的计划上诉，而SEC将要求法院解除限制Ripple行动的标准禁令。

XRP rose about 1.5% after the announcement, hitting $2.47 before pulling back. It remains up slightly over the past 24 hours, contrasting with broader market trends.

宣布后，XRP上涨了约1.5％，在退缩之前达到了2.47美元。在过去的24小时内，它保持略有幅度，与更广泛的市场趋势形成鲜明对比。

The legal battle started in December 2020 when the SEC sued Ripple for allegedly defrauding investors by selling unregistered securities in the form of XRP. The agency also claimed that Ripple’s executives misled investors about the company’s financial condition.

法律斗争始于2020年12月，当时SEC涉嫌以XRP的形式出售未注册的证券来起诉Ripple欺骗投资者。该机构还声称，Ripple的高管误导了投资者有关公司的财务状况。

The case had major implications for the crypto industry, as it focused on the crucial question of which crypto tokens should be classified as securities.

该案对加密货币行业具有重大影响，因为它重点介绍了应将加密代币归类为证券的关键问题。

The SEC’s actions were significantly scaled up under former Chair Gary Gensler, but the regulator has pulled back on cases good in Acting Chair Mark Uyeda’s tenure.

美国证券交易委员会（SEC）的行动在前主席加里·贡斯勒（Gary Gensler）的带领下大大扩展了，但监管机构已退缩，以表演主席马克·乌耶达（Mark Uyeda）的任期。

Since January, the SEC dropped multiple lawsuits against Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), Consensys, Kraken and other crypto firms, sparking speculation that political donations may have influenced the agency’s stance.

自1月以来，SEC提起了针对Coinbase（NASDAQ：COIN），CONSENSYS，KRAKEN和其他加密公司的多项诉讼，引发了人们的猜测，即政治捐款可能影响了该机构的立场。