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In SEC v. Ripple, the court found Ripple's programmatic XRP sales on exchanges, done through trading algorithms, did not meet the Howey test the way direct institutional sales did. That split is now cited across the industry.
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AI visual note: The image shows a legal document excerpt from SEC v. Ripple, detailing that Ripple conducted approximately $728.9 million in Institutional Sales and $757.6 million in Programmatic Sales of XRP, which were blind bid/ask transactions conducted through trading algorithms. This relates to the accompanying post by illustrating the precise distinction between the two types of XRP sales—direct institutional sales versus algorithmic programmatic sales on exchanges—that led the court to apply different Howey test analyses to each category.