Ripple Scores Courtroom Victory as Judge Denies SEC Motion to Seal Hinman Docs

A US federal judge has ruled that the SEC cannot seal documents related to former official William Hinman's 2018 speech on crypto and securities to Ripple in the regulator's ongoing lawsuit against the company. The judge allowed the SEC to redact personal information of people mentioned in the documents but said that the "Hinman Speech Documents" were relevant to the judicial process and could not be sealed. Meanwhile, the judge allowed some of Ripple's proposed redactions, including those related to financial statements and certain business information, but ruled that others were "overbroad."