The former CFTC chairman has testified before Congress about cryptocurrency and blockchain on multiple occasions.
Berger presided over the enforcement division when it launched the Ripple lawsuit.
Data and traders reveal the source of XRP's recent price rally could be Asia.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says his firm tried to settle with the SEC before the regulator sued on unregistered securities sale allegations.
Tetragon was one of Ripple Labs' big financial backers.
The U.S. division of eToro is suspending XRP trading after an SEC suit alleging it is a security.
Ripple and the SEC will meet over video call, according to a court order from the US District Court of the Southern District of New York.
Coinbase said it will suspend trading of XRP, the cryptocurrency at the heart of an SEC lawsuit against Ripple Labs.
BOX proposed a rule change to the SEC for using the Ethereum blockchain to record and publishing end-of-day securities ownership balances.
Stefan Qin, the 23-year-old founder of Virgil Capital, has been accused by the SEC of “fabricated records” for failing to redeem $3.5 million in investments and attempting to withdraw $1.7 million in investor funds to pay off Chinese loan sharks.
The SBI Holdings statement refers to a research article by Sadakazu Osaki of the Nomura Research Institute indicating that under Japanese law XRP is a "cryptocurrency asset" and not a security.
Bitstamp is the first major U.S.-based crypto exchange to respond to the SEC lawsuit against Ripple.
The question of whether or not to delist XRP isn’t a black-and-white one for crypto exchanges.
The news comes a day after former Chairman Jay Clayton announced that yesterday was his last day.
Clayton announced in November he would be leaving by the end of the year but hadn't specified a date.