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Get the most recent info and news about Hovi Digital Lab on HackerNoon, where 10k+ technologists publish stories for 4M+ monthly readers.

Hovi Digital Lab

HackerNoon Reporter: Please tell us briefly about your background. I’m a DMI Certified Digital Marketing Trainer, SaaS expert & ice cream junkie. I have a huge passion for technology & tools. I co-founded Hovi Marketing Platform, with a mission to change the way digital sales and marketing operations. What's your startup called? And in a sentence or two, what does it do? Hovi Digital Lab provides a transformative marketing framework that helps businesses grow and scale. What is the origin story? Started from the bottom now we’re here. In other words, we started with an idea of a digital platform that commensurates the entire digital marketing process. We designed the framework encompassing the various tools and processes then pitched it to our first client. We were 2 people in January 2020. We signed our first client, expanded our implementation team, and 2 years into the venture, we are 32 employees with an entity in Ireland and a plan to conquer the entire world of Digital Marketing and selling. What do you love about your team, and why are you the ones to solve this problem? We are a people-driven company. The first of our kind in the region. We offer 4-day working weeks, therapy, and coaching in addition to many other perks such as weekly lunches and monthly outings. Our team is very solution-driven and operates based on values that are used as the foundation for their career path and promotion. I have a great enthusiastic technically savvy team, and I’m proud of them. If you weren’t building your startup, what would you be doing? Partying in Miami. At the moment, how do you measure success? What are your core metrics? We look at COCA, MRR, ARR, Marketing Source attribution, Cost per Lead, Cost of Delivery, CLTV, CAC Payback Period. What’s most exciting about your traction to date? We are the fastest-growing start-up in the country. We started in January 2020 and we are right now at $1.2M ARR which normally takes companies that are subscription-based up to 6 years to reach. Our team consists of 32 people. We started at 2. We had no initial investment until we reach $500K ARR. We are also developing our own Thought Leadership platform called “The Hovi TV” which will kick off on August 12 with a 3 series webinar. This initiative will further carve our presence in the Digital World as thought leaders. What technologies are you currently most excited about, and most worried about? And why? The technology that I am most excited about right now to integrate with our product is Machine Learning driven AI and Virtual Reality shopping experiences. I long for a day where people can walk virtually in malls and start getting suggestions based on historical purchases, skin fits, color preferences that are all baked in based on their progression in the shopping experience. I also long for a day where B2B businesses have a control panel that tells them exactly the kind of campaigns, content, and channels they need to use to drive higher conversions. That is the platform we are baking. And it’s smelling pretty sweet! What drew you to get published on HackerNoon? What do you like most about our platform? Your email invitation was well carved and it propelled us to participate. If the contest is really fair, then there is no way for us not to win. We are the fastest growing start-up in the country if not in the region. I have taken a look at all the other startups and none of them has the Top Line Revenue we do, noting that they have had LOTS of funding behind them and very little revenue to back it up. What advice would you give to the 21-year-old version of yourself? Be yourself. You’re going to get there. Patience is key. Avoid naysayers. What is something surprising you've learned this year that your contemporaries would benefit from knowing? I learned that a lot of people tend to overlook their inner dialogues and once Covid forced all of us to look inside, it has caused a lot of us some additional anxiety and stress. Mental health is key and that’s why we focus a lot on that in our company. Vote for Hovi Digital Lab as . the best startup in Beirut

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240 Stories To Learn About Startups Of The Year

Thank you to the problem solvers who campaigned extra hard in the first-ever competition! HackerNoon Startups of the Year focuses on recognizing the passion and stamina of those willing to find and create effective tech solutions for their cities. HackerNoon’s Startups of the Year To see who is a winner in each respective city, visit and pick a city. The name at the top of the list is the winner. (Awards, where cheaters were caught, are under review.) startups.hackernoon.com From all of us at , thank YOU for your excellent campaign perseverance🥺! We look forward to seeing you again in the 2022 campaign (stay tuned 😉)! HackerNoon Without further adieu, let us kick off by sharing the cities with top votes per region for 2021 🎉 . our series of Best Startups of the Year Stay tuned for the rest of the winners per region to be over the course of this week (Feb 14, 2022). announced North and Central America America is the concrete jungle where dreams are made of, the world’s capital of fashion, showbiz, business, major industry, etc., and surely, of Startups! Representing , we have: North and Central America (14,563 votes): Winner: Boulder Bury.com (10,521 votes) - Winner: New York City Hum Capital (7,987 votes) - Winner: San Francisco Zentist (7,713 votes) - Winner: Redwood City TigerGraph (469 votes) - Winner: Los Altos Stobox To see more awards in this region please click here. Europe Charming, sophisticated, cosmopolitan. There are many beautiful words used to describe this region. With its eccentric vibe, is also a place where new Startups thrive. Europe Representing Europe we have: (10, 010 votes) - Winner: Belfast Bob & Berts (5, 066 votes) - Winner: Ghent WeGroup (4, 712 votes) - Winner: Porto TAIKAI (3, 779 votes) - Winner: City of London Crypto Quantique To see more awards in this region please click here. Oceania The heat, the beaches, roaming kangaroos, or tarantulas? No. Startups! Representing the region of are: Oceania (1, 011 votes) - Winner: Sydney shotstack (430 votes) - Winner: Melbourne Doohly (118 votes) - Winner: Gold Coast Easil (76 votes) - Winner: Tauranga LawVu (40 votes) - Winner: Western Junction Today We Learned To see more awards in this region please click here. Asia Diverse in both ethnicity and culture, known for exotic sceneries as well as friendly people. Many Asian countries are on the verge of mass globalization and modernization. These fast-developing economies give way for many potential Startups. We present, for : Asia (12, 686 votes) - Winner: Singapore Cake DeFi (3,355 votes) - Winners: and (It’s a tie, we’re working on it!) Tel Aviv Applitools hyro (2, 402 votes) - Winner: Beirut Hovi Digital Lab (1.006 votes) - Winner: Hyderabad Quixy (756 votes) - Winner: Hanoi DeFi For You To see more city awards in this region please click here. Africa The second biggest continent in the world, home to many big animals, the longest river in the world AND the largest desert in the world. is known for many big things and sure enough, big Startups. Africa Representing Africa, we have: (884 votes) - Winner: Johannesburg MiBRAND (804 votes) - Winner: Lagos Goodtalent (526 votes) - Winner: Cape Town Revix (420 votes) - Winner: Lusaka ComGrow (224 votes) - Winner: Nairobi UTU To see more city awards in this region please click here. South America “South America is the land of the extreme.” - National Geographic Extremely beautiful people? Yes. Extremely worth-noticeable Startups? Hell yeah! We proudly present, Startups in : South America (217 votes ) - Winner: São Carlos Predify (193 votes) - Winner: Belo Horizonte CM Technologia (106 votes) - Winner: Porto Alegre Privacy Tools (82 votes) - Winner: Quito Agrodemanda (55 votes) -Winner: Rio De Janeiro Bybrand To see more city awards in this region please click here. Once again, and to all of the top Startups of each region this year! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS BIG PROPS The whole team at would like to thank you for your excellent campaign perseverance and we look forward to seeing you in the 2022 campaign. HackerNoon As part of honoring your participation, we will continue to host your company in this directory until further notice ( for legal reasons we hesitate to say ‘forever’..but pretty much forever).  As traffic is directed to the site, it will act as a promotional platform for your company. Have a great Valentine’s Day, HackerNoon loves y’all <3 More Information: If you’re a winner, please answer ! If you’re a reader, participant, just a curious individual, consider answering one of our interviews . this interview here Read the FAQs about or . Startups here here To see all of the winners you may visit , pick any city and view the name that appears at the top. this site If you’re interested in partnering with us, we invite you to look through some of these or reach out to our business department. unique sponsorship options Perhaps creating your very own tickles your fancy or maybe you have a whole new idea for how we can partner! writing contest Thank you to all of our sponsors! We truly appreciate your contribution to the tech world and thus the future! The Startups Awards are sponsored by: , , , , , , , , , , Blockster Brex FreeCodeCamp LaunchDarkly Coil Udacity Udemy Vercel Asia Pacific Transgender Network Bybit Everscale Network This post was written by Tuan Anh Vu. If you have any questions or concerns or would like to report a discrepancy please email ellen@hackernoon.com.

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In 2021, hosted the first-ever awards!! HackerNoon Startup of the Year The goal of this campaign was to give recognition to the hardworking startups who pulled through the pandemic -- growing and thriving (despite all of the challenges). More than 44,000 startups were nominated all across the globe! They were selected from over 4,553 cities, with a total number of * cough * “4 billion” votes. Insane, right? To see who is a winner in each respective city, visit and pick a city. The name at the top of the list is the winner. (Compromised awards are under review. Cities with tie votes will be updated to have two winners!) startups.hackernoon.com The will announce the winners per region in their respective cities. Startups Winners Announcement series Here are the winners in the : Asia region Top Startup Cities in East Asia Seoul The Startup of the Year in is with 377 votes! Seoul dable Central is the Startup of the Year! It came out ahead with 121 votes. UpNow Central Sheung Wan came out as the Startup of the Year in with 154 votes. Votee Sheung Wan Tokyo The Startup of the Year in is with 41 votes! Tokyo ACES Wan Chai The Startup of the Year in is with 54 votes! Wan Chai Zetl Osaka, Japan In , is the winner! Osaka Nanophoton Taiwan came out as the Startup of the Year in ! Tico Taiwan Dongcheng, China In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Dongcheng Waiju Taipei came out as the Startup of the Year in ! Tico Taipei Akasaka In , is the winner! Akasaka WAKUWAKU Chuo In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Chuo GO-NET Ginza came out as the Startup of the Year in ! Netyear Ginza Kanazawa In , is the winner! Kanazawa Granzella Minami-aoyama In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Minami-aoyama Tokyo6 Entertainment Shibuya came out as the Startup of the Year in ! Hupro Japan Shibuya Toranomon In , is the winner! Toranomon Small Worlds Toshima In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Toshima Altplus Guangzhou, China came out as the Startup of the Year in ! Leyaoyao Guangzhou Hong Kong, Hong Kong In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Hong Kong Episode Six Kunming In , is the winner! Kunming Green A Sapporo In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Sapporo Polar Star Space Shirokanedai came out as the Startup of the Year in ! Nupp1 Shirokanedai Wuhan In , is the winner! Wuhan CSICEE Baoan, China In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Baoan Jumper Baoshan, China In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Baoshan Renren Games Chengdu, China came out as the Startup of the Year in ! Ju You Xi Chengdu Fujisawa, Japan In , is the winner! Fujisawa Scohia Pharma Fukuoka, Japan In , is declared the Startup of the Year! Fukuoka Kyulux Haidian, China came out as the Startup of the Year in ! 51vv Haidian Hongkou, China In , is the winner! Hongkou Kidstone Jiading, China In , is declared the Startup of the Year! 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LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, October 17th, 2024/Chainwire/--OriginTrail, the ecosystem striving for a safe internet in the age of AI with its decentralized knowledge graph, was named the best project at the prestigious MIT Decentralized AI Summit. Held at the MIT Media Lab, the summit brought together top innovators, researchers, and industry leaders to explore the future of decentralized AI technologies. The packed schedule saw contributions of representatives from Dell, Intell, NVIDIA and other notable AI companies. In his talk, the founder of OriginTrail Branimir Rakic explained how OriginTrail’s decentralized knowledge graph powered by Polkadot acts as a critical infrastructure in addressing some of the internet’s most important challenges in the age of AI such as misinformation, deep fakes, fake news or unreliable AI in a broader sense. The pioneering approach to powering trust in AI stood out amongst the numerous showcases at the event and led to being voted as the best project by the participants of the Decentralized AI Summit. This recognition highlights OriginTrail’s expected impact on driving mainstream adoption for both AI and Web3 technologies across diverse set of industries, from Real World Assets (RWA) in global supply chains, Decentralized Physical Infrastructure (DePIN) connecting knowledge of organizations and individuals, to advancements in improving AI models through federated access to training data. “We are thrilled to see that OriginTrail is evolving in the direction many other industry giants are identifying as the cutting edge. I was particularly excited to hear many speakers highlight the importance of deploying the AI solutions at the edge of the network, where AI solutions with more sustainable resource use and privacy preserving data management can be implemented. It’s something that OriginTrail has been working on to enable for the last year and we’re excited to unveil it next week (Oct 24th) at the DKGcon in Amsterdam with the release of the DKG Edge node. And, of course, I wish to thank the participants of the event that selected OriginTrail as the best project of the DecAI Summit, it’s a great vote of confidence for our future work.” - Branimir Rakic, Founder at OriginTrail. As the pathologies of the state-of-the-art AI solutions become more evident, the demand for trustworthy AI solutions being developed at the intersection of Web3 and AI grows. OriginTrail is determined to continue to lead that charge by driving mainstream adoption of this critical infrastructure to enable a safe internet in the age of AI. About OriginTrail OriginTrail is an ecosystem dedicated to making the global economy work sustainably by enabling a universe of AI-ready Knowledge Assets, allowing anyone to take part in trusted knowledge sharing. It leverages the open-source Decentralized Knowledge Graph that connects physical and digital worlds in a single connected reality driving transparency and trust. Advanced knowledge graph technology currently powers trillion-dollar companies like Google and Facebook. By reshaping it for Web3, the OriginTrail Decentralized Knowledge Graph provides a crucial fabric to link, verify, and value data on both physical and digital assets. For more information, users can visit origintrail.io. MIT DecAI summit event | LI OriginTrail announcement | X OriginTrail announcement Contact Communications department Lucija Naranda OriginTrail lucija.naranda@origin-trail.com This story was distributed as a release by Chainwire under HackerNoon’s Business Blogging Program. Learn more about the program here. LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, October 17th, 2024/Chainwire/--OriginTrail, the ecosystem striving for a safe internet in the age of AI with its decentralized knowledge graph, was named the best project at the prestigious MIT Decentralized AI Summit. Held at the MIT Media Lab, the summit brought together top innovators, researchers, and industry leaders to explore the future of decentralized AI technologies. LJUBLJANA, Slovenia, October 17th, 2024/Chainwire/--OriginTrail, The packed schedule saw contributions of representatives from Dell, Intell, NVIDIA and other notable AI companies. In his talk, the founder of OriginTrail Branimir Rakic explained how OriginTrail’s decentralized knowledge graph powered by Polkadot acts as a critical infrastructure in addressing some of the internet’s most important challenges in the age of AI such as misinformation, deep fakes, fake news or unreliable AI in a broader sense. The pioneering approach to powering trust in AI stood out amongst the numerous showcases at the event and led to being voted as the best project by the participants of the Decentralized AI Summit. This recognition highlights OriginTrail’s expected impact on driving mainstream adoption for both AI and Web3 technologies across diverse set of industries, from Real World Assets (RWA) in global supply chains, Decentralized Physical Infrastructure (DePIN) connecting knowledge of organizations and individuals, to advancements in improving AI models through federated access to training data. “We are thrilled to see that OriginTrail is evolving in the direction many other industry giants are identifying as the cutting edge. I was particularly excited to hear many speakers highlight the importance of deploying the AI solutions at the edge of the network, where AI solutions with more sustainable resource use and privacy preserving data management can be implemented. It’s something that OriginTrail has been working on to enable for the last year and we’re excited to unveil it next week (Oct 24th) at the DKGcon in Amsterdam with the release of the DKG Edge node. And, of course, I wish to thank the participants of the event that selected OriginTrail as the best project of the DecAI Summit, it’s a great vote of confidence for our future work.” - Branimir Rakic, Founder at OriginTrail. “We are thrilled to see that OriginTrail is evolving in the direction many other industry giants are identifying as the cutting edge. I was particularly excited to hear many speakers highlight the importance of deploying the AI solutions at the edge of the network, where AI solutions with more sustainable resource use and privacy preserving data management can be implemented. It’s something that OriginTrail has been working on to enable for the last year and we’re excited to unveil it next week (Oct 24th) at the DKGcon in Amsterdam with the release of the DKG Edge node. And, of course, I wish to thank the participants of the event that selected OriginTrail as the best project of the DecAI Summit, it’s a great vote of confidence for our future work.” - Branimir Rakic, Founder at OriginTrail. DKGcon DKGcon As the pathologies of the state-of-the-art AI solutions become more evident, the demand for trustworthy AI solutions being developed at the intersection of Web3 and AI grows. OriginTrail is determined to continue to lead that charge by driving mainstream adoption of this critical infrastructure to enable a safe internet in the age of AI. About OriginTrail OriginTrail is an ecosystem dedicated to making the global economy work sustainably by enabling a universe of AI-ready Knowledge Assets, allowing anyone to take part in trusted knowledge sharing. It leverages the open-source Decentralized Knowledge Graph that connects physical and digital worlds in a single connected reality driving transparency and trust. OriginTrail OriginTrail Advanced knowledge graph technology currently powers trillion-dollar companies like Google and Facebook. By reshaping it for Web3, the OriginTrail Decentralized Knowledge Graph provides a crucial fabric to link, verify, and value data on both physical and digital assets. For more information, users can visit origintrail.io . MIT DecAI summit event | LI OriginTrail announcement | X OriginTrail announcement origintrail.io origintrail.io MIT DecAI summit event MIT DecAI summit event LI OriginTrail announcement LI OriginTrail announcement X OriginTrail announcement X OriginTrail announcement Contact Communications department Lucija Naranda OriginTrail lucija.naranda@origin-trail.com This story was distributed as a release by Chainwire under HackerNoon’s Business Blogging Program. Learn more about the program here. This story was distributed as a release by Chainwire under HackerNoon’s Business Blogging Program. Learn more about the program here . here here

Decentralized AI Summit at MIT Votes OriginTrail As The Best Decentralized AI Project

Gedesentraliseerde KI-beraad by MIT stem oor OriginTrail as die beste gedesentraliseerde KI-projek

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Decentraliseret AI-topmøde på MIT stemmer OriginTrail som det bedste decentraliserede AI-projekt

Decentralized AI Summit am MIT wählt OriginTrail zum besten dezentralen KI-Projekt

La cumbre sobre inteligencia artificial descentralizada del MIT elige a OriginTrail como el mejor proyecto de inteligencia artificial descentralizada

MIT の分散型 AI サミットで OriginTrail が最優秀分散型 AI プロジェクトに選出

ກອງປະຊຸມສຸດຍອດ AI ທີ່ມີການແບ່ງຂັ້ນຄຸ້ມຄອງຢູ່ MIT ລົງຄະແນນສຽງ OriginTrail ເປັນໂຄງການ AI ທີ່ມີການກະຈາຍສູນກາງທີ່ດີທີ່ສຸດ

Самит за децентрализирана вештачка интелигенција на MIT Votes OriginTrail како најдобар проект за децентрализирана вештачка интелигенција

په MIT کې د غیر متمرکز AI غونډه د غوره غیر متمرکز AI پروژې په توګه اصلي ټریل رایه ورکړه

Shir Madaxeedka AI Baahsan ee MIT Votes OriginTrail Sida Mashruuca AI ee baahsan ee ugu Fiican

ایم آئی ٹی میں ڈی سینٹرلائزڈ AI سمٹ نے اوریجن ٹریل کو بہترین وکندریقرت AI پروجیکٹ قرار دیا

Hội nghị thượng đỉnh AI phi tập trung tại MIT bình chọn OriginTrail là dự án AI phi tập trung tốt nhất

In 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and its current and former CEOs. sued Ripple Labs The SEC claimed that Ripple Labs was selling unregistered securities to raise funds. The unregistered security, in this case, was XRP, a crypto token. The SEC that Ripple Labs used XRP to pay for services such as market making and labor. also claimed Generally speaking, the However, Ripple Labs decided that it wouldn't settle the suit outside the court and would see the case to its legal conclusion in court. And that's how the Ripple and SEC case started. SEC prefers to settle cases. Background of the Case Ripple Labs is an American tech company that was established in 2012. The company's main product is the Ripple payment protocol and its exchange network. The goal of Ripple Labs is to build a more resilient international financial system. Ideally, Ripple Labs to (or at least complement) SWIFT, the current framework for cross-border payments. To do that, the company created a network where payments can be sent and settled in real time. wants replace The payments on this network were to be completed using a cryptocurrency called XRP. However, in 2013, Ripple Labs started selling XRP to the public. According to the SEC, this was an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in disguise. In 2020, the SEC decided to take action by suing the company. In its lawsuit, the SEC claimed that the sale of XRP tokens was an IPO of an unregistered security. Since XRP was never registered as a security, the SEC claimed that Ripple Labs had committed fraud. The lawsuit also claimed that Ripple Labs didn't just sell unregistered securities, the company also used those securities as a means of exchange for non-cash services. This includes offering XRP bonuses to lure top tech talent to work for Ripple Labs. Importantly, the SEC that Ripple Labs never made any move to register their XRP sales or offers. The company's sales also failed to meet any legal exemption that might have prevented the sales from violating federal law. claimed Lastly, the SEC took the present and former CEOs of Ripple Labs to the task. The lawsuit named Chris Larsen, the former CEO and co-founder of Ripple Labs, and Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple Lab's present CEO. The SEC that both Larsen and Garlinghouse had personal unregistered XRP transactions that were valued at around $600 million. claimed Once the SEC filed its lawsuit against Ripple Labs, fear, uncertainty, and doubt spread in the market. Whales and retailers alike dumped the XRP token, and its value in the market plunged. This was despite the fact that the crypto market was riding a bull market at the time, and the token had experienced an all-time high in the same period. Ripple Labs Replies to the SEC When Ripple got notice of the SEC's lawsuit, it decided not to settle out of court and fight the case in front of a judge. The response of the company was immediate and scathing. Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of the company, quickly took to Twitter to note his displeasure at the suit. https://twitter.com/bgarlinghouse/status/1341193538361384960?embedable=true In court, Ripple's lawyers that the SEC never gave Ripple any notice. This is a claim that the SEC didn't contest. Ripple's lawyers also claimed that the SEC was biased in applying the ideas of securities to cryptocurrencies like XRP. argued Ripple's lawyers also argued that other cryptocurrencies, like Ethereum, were not given the same treatment that is now applied to SEC. The lawyers claimed that the entire basis of the suit was wrong as a matter of law, as parts of the U.S. government, such as the Justice Department and the Treasury Department's FinCen have already designated XRP as a currency. Hence, Ripple's lawyers claimed, the SEC suit couldn't possibly be correct. Therefore, Ripple's defense rests on two important arguments. The first is that the SEC wrongfully targeted Ripple, and the second was that XRP was a currency, not a security. In Garlinghouse's , he clarified that XRP wasn't a security because it wasn't an investment contract. This means that people who hold XRP do not share in Ripple Lab's profits or expect dividends. aforementioned blog Secondly, Ripple Labs already has its own class of shareholders. Garlinghouse argued that selling XRP to retailers didn't mean the buyers could become Ripple Labs shareholders. This meant that XRP was never marketed or sold as a security. Lastly, Garlinghouse argued that the value of XRP isn't correlated to the activities of Ripple Labs. Instead, the value of XRP has been correlated with the value of other such virtual currencies. In the end, Garlinghouse, in his robust reply, made it clear that Ripple Labs would be fighting the SEC case in court and would never settle. The SEC Lawsuit Progress The SEC lawsuit started in 2020, and it's not yet done. Over the last two years, there have been several important developments in the case. Here's a conclusive timeline of those developments. December 22; The SEC filed the suit against Ripple Labs and its present and former CEO. On the same day, Brad Garlinghouse, the company's present CEO, decided to fight the case instead of settling. December 28, 2020; Coinbase delists XRP. March 3; Ripple Labs begins its legal arguments by claiming that the SEC failed to issue fair notice to it about XRP's status. March 8; The SEC requests a trial immediately. March 22, 2021; Judge Netburn tells the SEC that XRP has a currency value and utility. April 13, 2021; M. Pierce, the SEC commissioner, publishes the Token Safe Harbor Proposal 2.0. This proposal offers a three-year grace period for developers to understand their participation in decentralized networks. June 2021; The court extends SEC's deadline to disclose its internal crypto trading policies to August 31, 2021. October 2021; Expert discovery deadline for gathering opinions from experts on whether XRP is a security or not. September 2021; Judge to disclose the XRP holdings of SEC employees. refuses Ripple Labs' motion September 13, 2022; SEC moves to of its expert witnesses. seal the identities September 2022; SEC and Ripple Labs argue for summary judgment on whether Ripple Labs violated federal law in selling XRP. September 29, 2022; Judge rules to release emails written by former SEC Corporation Finance Division Director William Hinman that related to a speech where he said that ETH wasn't a security because it was sufficiently decentralized. December 2, 2022; SEC and Ripple Labs file redacted final arguments for the suit. The judge is yet to pass summary judgment on the case, but according to certain analysts, that decision will be made soon. That judgment may also include conclusions on the different sealing motions that both the SEC and Ripple Labs filed. https://twitter.com/FilanLaw/status/1598139832890380288?embedable=true The LBRY Case May Be Connected to Ripple Judgment on the XRP case may not yet have been passed, but the SEC has recently prosecuted a similar case. The SEC recently won its case against a blockchain-based payment and file-sharing network called LBRY. The LBRY case garnered a lot of attention because of its similarities with the Ripple Labs case. LBRY uses its token, the (LBC) credit, to reward users who perform tasks on the network. These tasks include referring new users, publishing content, and contributing to projects. The LBC credit can either be mined or bought. In 2021, the SEC filed a case against LBRY, arguing that the network was selling an unregistered security. This unregistered security is the LBC token. In court, the SEC sought an injunction against the sale of the tokens and argued for a release of all funds realized from the sale of the tokens. However, LBRY made roughly the same argument as Ripple. It argued that its LBC credit wasn't for investment purposes and that it had utility at the time of its launch. The argument was that something, the LBC token in this case, that had a function was a security, not a commodity. Like Ripple, LBRY also argued that it had not gotten notice from the SEC. Unfortunately for the network, the court disagreed. First of all, the court judged that LBRY didn't need fair notice from the SEC. LBRY, the court , ought to judge for itself whether it was selling unregistered securities or not. pronounced Secondly, the court judged that LBRY had led investors to believe that the value of their tokens would grow as the company continued to oversee the LBRY network. While LBRY argues that it made disclaimers arguing that LBC credits were not tokens, the court decided that . disclaimers are generally inadequate One can only speculate on the question of whether this judgment might influence Ripple's case. The important thing to understand is that the LBRY case has no procedural effect on Ripple's case with the SEC. The LBRY case was heard in the U.S. first district, while the Ripple and SEC case is being heard in the second district. No one really knows how the SEC and Ripple case will end. But what we do know is that the ruling will have a huge impact on the future of cryptocurrencies.

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