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Ripple was Trump inauguration’s prime crypto donor earlier than SEC regulatory shift

By Editorial Board Published April 22, 2025 2 Min Read
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Ripple was Trump inauguration’s prime crypto donor earlier than SEC regulatory shift

Ripple Labs donated $4.9 million to Donald Trump’s January inauguration, simply three months earlier than the Securities and Trade Fee (SEC) started pausing lawsuit appeals and lowering fines in opposition to the crypto agency.

The main points of Ripple’s donation — the second largest after the $5 million handed over by poultry producer Pilgrim’s Delight — had been made public on Sunday as a part of a submitting submitted to the Federal Election Fee.

Based on a listing compiled by writer Fortune, crypto corporations and leaders had been liable for $18 million of the inauguration’s $239 million in donations.

Crypto trade Coinbase and funding agency Galaxy Digital donated $1 million every, whereas extra modest presents got here from Yuga Labs and Consensys, which each donated $100,000.

Earlier this month, the SEC and Ripple filed to pause the regulator’s attraction in opposition to the agency with the intention to pursue a settlement. This was authorized final week, and the case was paused for 60 days.

Ripple had beforehand settled with the SEC and dropped its cross-appeal. This settlement lowered the agency’s earlier $125 million high quality to only $50 million.

The SEC dropped one other case in opposition to Coinbase in February, and this month it okayed Galaxy Digital’s request to record itself on the Nasdaq. In March, Galaxy Digital paid the New York Lawyer Common’s Workplace $200 million as a part of a settlement associated to its promotion of the collapsed LUNA token. 

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