The Ripple vs. SEC lawsuit has taken an interesting turn. A recent development suggests that this long-running legal battle might end soon. Surprisingly, the XRP price has failed to react positively to this development and has, instead, crashed significantly. 

CoinMarketCap data shows that the XRP price crashed over 6% and 24% in the last 24 hours and seven days, respectively. This price crash occurred despite positive developments in the Ripple vs. SEC lawsuit, including the US SEC’s decision to reassign its Chief Litigation Council, Jorge Tenreiro, to the agency’s IT department. 

This development is positive for the Ripple vs. SEC lawsuit as Tenreiro led the agency’s crypto unit and oversaw the lawsuits against Ripple and other crypto lawsuits. Following this move and the reassignment of over 50 SEC lawyers, crypto experts like Del Crypto have speculated that the Commission could soon make an announcement, which would mark the end of the lawsuit. 

As Bitcoinist reported, the US SEC is also scaling back its crypto enforcement efforts by downsizing the special unit designated for this purpose. Indeed, this suggests that the Commission is ready to drop the Ripple lawsuit and other crypto-related actions that the new administration feels were wrongly pursued by Gary Gensler’s administration. 

These developments are bullish for the XRP price, considering how it has been greatly impacted by the long-running Ripple vs. SEC lawsuit. Still, the crypto has failed to rally in response to these positive developments, which is undoubtedly concerning. 

However, a plausible explanation for the XRP price crash amid these positive Ripple vs. SEC lawsuit developments is the bearish sentiment in the broader crypto market. The Bitcoin price is currently failing to hold critical support levels, which explains why XRP and other altcoins have crashed. 

Meanwhile, the XRP price may have priced into a potential end to the Ripple vs. SEC lawsuit since Donald Trump won the election. Since Trump’s victory, there have been speculations that the Commission would drop its appeal against Ripple, especially given the president’s pro-crypto stance and his nomination of Paul Atkins for the SEC Chair role. 

Despite the XRP price crash and its failure to react positively to the developments in the Ripple vs. SEC lawsuit, crypto analysts have suggested that XRP still has more room to run to the upside in this bull run. One of these analysts is Dark Defender, who predicted that the crypto could rally to $8 soon enough. 

Crypto analyst Egrag Crypto also recently revealed that the XRP price is mirroring a 2017 pattern. Based on the similarities, the analyst stated that XRP could surge by 1,500% and rally to as high as $27 in the coming weeks. 

At the time of writing, the XRP price is trading at around $2.29, down almost 7% in the last 24 hours, according to data from CoinMarketCap.

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