According to Golden Finance, @RippleArchive said on the X platform that Ripple "unexpectedly" unlocked 800 million XRP (worth nearly $500 million) earlier this month and is expected to hold a settlement meeting with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission next week.
XRP community member Ashley Prosper analyzed that the legal dispute between the SEC and Ripple may end in a settlement. The main reasons include: the Second Circuit Court ruled to reject the SEC's request to revoke its confiscation of illegal gains. It is worth noting that the court believes that if the buyer has not suffered economic losses, the SEC has no right to recover the stolen money from the seller. In addition, it has not been determined which institutional investor suffered economic losses from purchasing XRP from Ripple.