
KEY POINTS
- The regulator said Ripple failed to explain the meaningful impact of its requested 'low' penalty
- Ripple previously said there was 'no precedent' to the $2 billion penalty the SEC wanted
- A court ruled last year that XRP, Ripple's native crypto, isn't a security
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) case against cryptocurrency payment protocol giant Ripple has gone a notch higher as the Wall Street regulator submitted a final filing to reiterate that a staggering amount in penalties was necessary to punish the creator of the XRP digital asset.