{"id":485536,"date":"2025-06-17T10:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T09:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=485536"},"modified":"2025-06-17T10:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T09:14:10","slug":"canada-beats-us-to-launch-first-spot-xrp-etf-amid-ripple-sec-legal-pause","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/canada-beats-us-to-launch-first-spot-xrp-etf-amid-ripple-sec-legal-pause\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada beats US to launch first spot XRP ETF amid Ripple-SEC legal pause"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/ripple\/\">Ripple Labs<\/a> and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have jointly asked the Second Circuit Court to extend the suspension of the agency's appeal.<\/p>\n<p>According to a June 16 court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/cmgyjg9ikmogzx38qqhfo\/SEC-v.-Ripple-Update.pdf?rlkey=inm5nkvmm6pk784791axikgof&e=2&st=qqgf8tnz&dl=0\">filing<\/a>, both parties are pushing to delay the appeal to avoid further litigation following their previous settlement.<\/p>\n<p>This request follows an earlier effort to amend the final judgment in the case, which <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/court-denies-sec-ripple-settlement-motion-after-finding-procedural-misstep\/\">Judge Analisa Torres rejected<\/a>. The court ruled the request lacked the &#8220;exceptional circumstances&#8221; needed to alter a final ruling.<\/p>\n<p>In response, Ripple and the SEC submitted a <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/sec-ripple-seek-to-end-multi-year-legal-dispute-with-amended-filing\">revised motion<\/a> to suspend the ongoing appeal. Notably, the SEC had filed the original appeal in October 2024, under then-Chair <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/gary-gensler\/\">Gary Gensler<\/a>, to challenge a court ruling that largely favored Ripple.<\/p>\n<p>However, both sides reached a preliminary agreement in April 2025 and asked the court to suspend the appeal temporarily.<\/p>\n<p>Although the court has yet to grant the extension, the SEC has pledged to submit a progress update by August.<\/p>\n<h2>Canada gets spot XRP ETF<\/h2>\n<p>While legal proceedings continue in the US, Canada is making history with the continent's first <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/first-spot-xrp-etf-issued-by-hashdex-begins-trading-in-brazil\/\">approved spot XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to a press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2025\/06\/16\/3100052\/0\/en\/Purpose-XRP-ETF-Receives-OSC-Receipt-Set-to-Launch-on-TSX-on-Wednesday-June-18-2025.html\">statement<\/a>, Purpose Investments, a Toronto-based asset manager, will list the Purpose XRP ETF on June 18 under the XRPP ticker. Purpose was also the first <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/insights\/investors-flock-to-purpose-bitcoin-etf\/\">issuer of a spot Bitcoin ETF in Canada.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The XRP-focused product will trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange and provide investors with regulated access to the digital asset.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The ETF will be available in CAD-hedged (ticker XRPP), CAD non-hedged (ticker XRPP.B), and US dollar (ticker XRPP.U) units, and will be eligible for holding in registered accounts such as TFSAs and RRSPs.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This milestone comes as several US-based firms like Grayscale await the SEC's decisions on their XRP ETF proposals.<\/p>\n<p>Market observers believe that the chances of the <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/xrp-etf-approval-odds-slide-10-ahead-of-critical-sec-and-etf-deadlines-next-week\/\">SEC approving a spot XRP ETF<\/a> are high this year. This is evidenced by crypto bettors on the decentralized marketplace <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/polymarket\/\">Polymarket<\/a>, who believe there is an 88% chance of approval.<\/p>\n<p>These developments did not immediately impact the XRP price, up by a modest 1.4% to $2.22 as of press time, according to <em>CryptoSlate's<\/em> data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ripple Labs and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have jointly asked the Second Circuit Court to extend the suspension of the agency&#8217;s appeal. According to a June 16 court filing, both parties are pushing to delay the appeal to avoid further litigation following their previous settlement. 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