The former chairman of Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Chris Giancarlo, <a href="https://www.iflr.com/article/b1m2pm9g4n65mk/cryptocurrencies-and-us-securities-laws-beyond-bitcoin-and-ether" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> an op-ed for the International Financial Law Review, claiming that XRP is not a security but an alternative currency.
<h2>XRP Did Not Qualifies Howey Test</h2>
The op-ed written by Giancarlo along with Conard Bahlke, a lawyer at international firm Willkie Farr &amp; Gallagher, explained that instead of considering XRP is a security, people should start looking it as a currency or a medium of exchange. They have further explained that while the XRP was being reviewed through the Howey Test, the researchers found that the digital asset did not qualify it.

In the year 1946, the Securities Exchange and Commission (SEC) incorporated this Howey Test to find out which digital currencies show traits of securities in the US.

Giancarlo and Bahlke, in their report, mention that the XRP was introduced in the market for liquidity and settlement cases. Its developer Ripple Labs never promised any kind of ownership to the investors nor did it guaranteed them to a share of profits.

The op-ed specified that the XRP token holders neither signed an investment contract with the Ripple Labs nor they both have any formal relationship with each other.
<h2>Neither Bitcoin Nor Ethereum Or XRP Is Security, SEC</h2>
Ripple launched XRP so that it could be used as a liquidity tool and a settlement mechanism, but the token holders started using it for payment. Some other investors just purchase it in a hope that one day its value will rise.

The op-ed by the two authors mentioned, 
<blockquote>“Given the juxtaposition between XRP’s intended use as a liquidity tool, it's more general use to transfer value and its potential as a speculative asset, XRP holders who utilize the coins for different purposes have divergent interests with respect to XRP”.</blockquote>
Giancarlo asserted that XRP is just like Bitcoin and Ether because neither of them is classified as securities by the SEC.

He further stated that Bitcoin was launched so that it could be used as electronic cash but its investors started using it as a store value. The same way the developer of Ether introduced it in a market as ‘gas’ which could strengthen the distributed networks but investors started using it as an alternative form of money.

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Former CFTC Chairman Believes XRP Is Alternative Currency And Not Security

The former CFTC, Chris Giancarlo, in an op-ed for the International Financial Law Review claimed that XRP is not a security but an alternative currency.

Jyoti is a graduate from GGSIPU and has done her PG Diploma in English Journalism from IIMC. Presently, she is working as a content writer with Agio Support Solution Pvt. Ltd. Her aim is to provide informative content about cryptocurrency and blockchain, to the tech-enthusiasts.

Former CFTC Chairman Believes XRP Is Alternative Currency And Not Security

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