Professor J.W. Verret teaches corporate and securities law and financial accounting at George Mason Law School.

 In this episode, Verret analyzes the recent verdict on Ripple's XRP token which concludes that "Ripple’s Programmatic Sales of XRP did not constitute the offer and sale of investment contracts."

In addition to providing a degree of regulatory clarity for crypto assets, Verret also argues that the court's decision in the XRP case will greatly improve Coinbase's chances in their court case against the SEC.

Outline:

1:05 - XRP Court Verdict

6:00 - Coinbase Re-listing XRP

7:15 - Coinbase vs. SEC

9:55 - Will the SEC Settle?

12:08 - Appellate Court

13:04 - New SEC Chair

14:06 - Unregistered Securities

15:00 - Major Questions Doctrine

16:22 - Crypto Legislation

17:00 - Partisan Politics

20:40 - Spot Bitcoin ETF

22:05 - Closing Thoughts