Ripple labs Inc violated federal securities law and its sale of cryptocurrency xrp directly to sophisticated investors. But it sells on public exchanges did not involve securities a u.s. Judge said in a ruling that sent the cryptocurrency soaring Xrp was up 25% after the ruling SEC had accused the company and its current and former chief executives conducting a 1.3 billion dollar unregistered security offering by selling Xrp which ripples founders created in 2012.