XRP Lawyer Receives ICBLA’s Freedom Award Behalf of XRP Defendants 

• ICBLA presented John E. Deaton with the Defender of Freedom Award.
• Deaton acknowledges every XRP defendant to be rightful to receive the award.
• The lawyer narrated his journey from filing a motion to intervene to receive the award.

Prominent XRP defendant John E. Deaton shared a Twitter thread on September 29, sharing his gratitude for the Defender of Freedom Award presented by the International Congress of Blockchain Legal Advisors (ICBLA). The lawyer acknowledged all the XRP defendants who grew from 12,600 to 75,000, honoring each of them as a champion.

In a series of tweets, Deaton clearly portrayed the XRP community’s journey from filing a motion to intervene to standing at a landmark victory. When in 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Ripple for alleged trade of unregistered securities, thereby violating the securities laws, individuals filed a Motion to Intervene, defending XRP and fighting against the SEC’s injustice.

The fact that 12,600 individual investors felt so strong about the injustice being served by the SEC, that they petitioned a Federal Judge to become Def…

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