The SEC has said it won't back off its Ripple lawsuit appeal until outgoing SEC Chair Gary Gensler leaves the agency on Monday.

“As expected, the SEC’s appeal brief is a rehash of already failed arguments — and likely to be abandoned by the next administration,” Ripple chief legal officer Stuart Alderoty wrote on X.

US SEC files appeal against district court ruling on Ripple's XRP sales, arguing all transactions are securities under Howey Test.