Hinman Emails Reek of SEC Unjustly Favoring Ethereum Over XRP

Hinman emails are out and there are hundreds of pages to read.
XRP fans are pointing out an unjust bias of SEC for ETH against other cryptocurrencies.
Ripple has filed documents, although it is plausible for the lawsuit to go to trial.

The long-awaited Hinman emails are out, and the crypto community is taking its time to read through all documents.

Apparently, there is a lot to unpack, as there are hundreds of pages of communications happening among William Hinman, formerly SEC’s Director of Corporate Finance, and other higher-ups of the securities commission.

But if there is one thing that is clear, it is that many fans are noticing an unjust bias of the SEC toward Ethereum (ETH) over most cryptocurrencies.

It should be remembered that prior to the SEC filing a lawsuit against Ripple at the end of 2020, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin had been engaging with the XRP community in a word war.

Now, if the emails align with the rumors from back in 2020, Buterin and some important members of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance met with SEC officials to clear Ethereum from becoming a security.

This will not bode well for the SEC, as there are a few strong arguments to exclude ETH from being a security while tagging everything else as such.

So far, the cryptocurrencies that are on the safer side are Proof of Work (PoW) coins like Bitcoin (BTC), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and Dogecoin (DOGE).

Meanwhile, Ripple has already started filing documents early this morning, in preparation for what could be the beginning of the end of the lawsuit. However, it is still plausible for the suit to go into trial, which may extend for years on end.

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