Breaking: Coinbase Sued For Selling XRP Alleged to be Security Tokens

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase was today sued by a customer for selling XRP alleged to be securities in federal court of California. The customer filed a complaint against Coinbase for taking commission from selling XRP and violating state unfair competition laws.

Coinbase Sued Over Taking “illegal” Commission from XRP Sales

Just few weeks after SEC filed a $1.3 Billion lawsuit against Ripple, a federal court in California has received a complaint against Coinbase for selling XRP alleged to be security token. Coinbase has already announced to suspend XRP trading on January 19th, 2020.

New one count California federal court lawsuit alleges Coinbase violated state unfair competition laws by selling XRP, alleged to be an unregistered security, and taking commissions from the sale. pic.twitter.com/BpMZO1ulcC

— Palley (@stephendpalley) December 30, 2020

A Coinbase customer named Thomas Sandoval has filed a complaint in Federal court of California to recover commission from XRP sales alleged to be securities. The complaint alleges that cryptocurrency exchange should have known that XRP is a security and not a commodity.