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With Donald Trump’s reelection and a Republican majority in the Senate, crypto firms are ready to advocate for a “fresh perspective” on federal agencies.&nbsp;
Ripple, one of the crypto companies engaged in court battles with United States regulators, expects the new White House administration to remove digital-asset policies from the courts, and is looking for changes within government agencies:&nbsp;
“The SEC is a bureaucracy, but policy is people, and people is policy. So hopefully, if you change some of the leadership at the SEC, we can start seeing a more rational approach to what they have been pursuing,” Ripple’s chief legal officer, Stuart Alderoty, told Cointelegraph in an exclusive interview.
Coinbase’s chief legal officer ​​Paul Grewal <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/trump-sec-shakeup-coinbase-pro-crypto-reforms" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">made a similar call</a> following Trump’s victory on Nov. 6. “Stop suing crypto,” he said in an X post. Coinbase and Ripple were among the largest donors to pro-crypto candidates in this election.
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The appeals for a new direction at the SEC echo a key Trump pledge to crypto voters: <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/donald-trump-pledges-fire-sec-chair-gary-gensler" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">ousting on day one</a> the agency’s chair, Gary Gensler. Under Gensler’s administration, the commission brought enforcement actions against several crypto firms, mainly over the classification of digital assets as securities.<iframe width="100%" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a3Vupj6sqdg" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Ripple has been embroiled in litigation with the SEC since 2020, when the agency challenged the status of its native token, XRP. In May 2023, its CEO Brad Garlinghouse said the company <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/defending-against-sec-to-cost-ripple-200m-ceo-brad-garlinghouse-says" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="https://cointelegraph.com/news/defending-against-sec-to-cost-ripple-200m-ceo-brad-garlinghouse-says">expected to spend up to $200 million</a> defending itself.
“They [the SEC] have spent an awful lot of time and money bringing enforcement cases based on their strict liability theory that certain crypto assets [...] are securities and should be registered with the SEC. That’s not something that should be dealt with in the courts. That’s a policy issue. It’s a legislative issue,” Alderoty said.&nbsp; President-elect Trump will soon have the authority to remove the SEC chair, but the process would require cause, and any permanent replacement would need Senate approval. Gensler’s term is scheduled to end in 2026.&nbsp;
SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/gary-gensler-elections-sec-trump-harris" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">is speculated as one of his possible substitutes</a>. Peirce’s crypto-friendly approach and public statements against enforcement actions have earned her the nickname “Crypto Mom.”
Although the future leadership of the SEC remains uncertain, Gensler has already hinted at the agency’s new chapter. “Traditionally, presidents get to decide who chairs the SEC, and that’s a good part of democracy,” he <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/gary-genslers-ambitious-sec-agenda-could-be-near-its-end-7ffe13db" rel="null" target="null" text="null" title="null">told</a> The Wall Street Journal.
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Crypto firms push for SEC changes, crypto out of courts

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