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B2C2 Becomes Latest Crypto Market-Maker to Stop XRP Trading: Report

B2C2 Becomes Latest Crypto Market-Maker to Stop XRP Trading: Report

B2C2 Becomes Latest Crypto Market-Maker to Stop XRP Trading: Report

Non-U.S. clients can still trade the token but need to pre-fund all short trades, the report said.

Non-U.S. clients can still trade the token but need to pre-fund all short trades, the report said.

Non-U.S. clients can still trade the token but need to pre-fund all short trades, the report said.

By Kevin Reynolds
AccessTimeIconDec 26, 2020, 8:05 PM
Updated Aug 19, 2021, 6:20 AM
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Cryptocurrency market maker B2C2 halted the trading of XRP with U.S.-based counterparties, effective this past Thursday, following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against Ripple Labs, according to a report in The Block.

  • Non-U.S. clients can still trade the token but need to pre-fund all short trades, according to The Block report, which cited no sources
  • B2C2's move comes as cryptocurrency exchanges Beaxy, Bitstamp, OSL and CrossTower have said they were halting XRP trading, as well as market-makers Galaxy Digital and Jump Trading, which both stopped XRP market making.
  • According to a lawsuit filed Tuesday, Ripple raised $1.3 billion over a seven-year period to retail investors through its sale of XRP on an ongoing basis.  If the SEC prevails, XRP could become a pariah token as platforms that continued to list the crypto may have to register as securities exchanges.

UPDATE (Dec. 27, 1:01 UTC): Adds that OSL and CrossTower have also suspended XRP trading.

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