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LBRY decides to fight: Blockchain firm files notice of appeal against SEC
Blockchain-based file-sharing and payment network LBRY may be reversing course on an earlier decision to wind down, filing a notice of appeal against a federal judge ruling in July that sided with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
On Sept. 7, LBRY filed a notice of appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, seeking to appeal the final judgment entered on July 11, 2023, where LBRY was ordered to pay a civil penalty and barred from participating in unregistered offerings of crypto asset securities in the future.
“Defendant LBRY, Inc. now appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit this Court’s final judgment entered on July 11, 2023,” it read.
LBRY has filed a Notice of Appeal against the SEC. pic.twitter.com/Zp9S0TP0Qw
— LBRY (@LBRYcom) September 7, 2023
The SEC first sued developer LBRY, Inc. in March 2021, claiming that its LBRY Credit token (LBC) was sold as a security under the 1933 Securities Act.
The U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire granted the SEC’s motion for summary judgment against LBRY on Nov. 7, which barred the platform from offering “unregistered crypto asset securities” and ordered it to pay a $111,614 civil penalty to the SEC.
The regulator originally sought a punishment of $22 million but revised it after conceding the defunct firm couldn’t pay.
In January, founder and CEO of LBRY Jeremy Kauffman told Cointelegraph “LBRY as a company is almost certainly dead.”
Following the final judgment in July, the firm seemed to admit the same, tweeting:
“In accordance with the court's order and our promises, we expect to spend the next several months winding LBRY Inc. down entirely.”
However, LBRY’s most recent move appears to be a possible change icourse. It also comes amid a number of high-profile crypto industry victories against the federal regulator including Ripple and Grayscale.
Cointelegraph contacted LBRY for further comments but had not received a response at the time of publication.
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