U.S.-based cryptocurrency firm Ripple says it is planning to struggle the continuing lawsuit with the U.S. Securities and Alternate Fee “throughout.”

“We’re planning to proceed to struggle the case throughout,” Monica Lengthy, Ripple’s president, informed CNBC on Monday.

The lawsuit between Ripple and the SEC has stretched for practically three years.

In 2020, the SEC accused Ripple and its co-founders of breaching securities legal guidelines by promoting $1.3 billion of its native cryptocurrency XRP with out first registering it as a safety.

Ripple disputed the claims, insisting XRP can’t be thought of a safety and is extra akin to a commodity. In July, a landmark ruling by U.S. District Decide Analisa Torres decided the token was not essentially a safety.

“We additionally obtained readability in that lawsuit. And the decide’s order in that case mentioned very clearly XRP in and of itself shouldn’t be a safety, which type of opens the doorways to us to essentially increase our enterprise — not simply within the U.S. however much more globally,” mentioned Lengthy.

Ripple’s authorized group mentioned in a submitting the SEC’s request for an enchantment largely stemmed from “dissatisfaction” with the decide’s ruling that the XRP token didn’t qualify as a safety for gross sales to retail traders.

Ripple’s president informed CNBC the corporate is looking for to “function above board” and adjust to regulators. In June, Ripple acquired in-principle approval to supply regulated crypto providers from the Financial Authority of Singapore.

“We have all the time been very engaged with regulators, policymakers, and it is simply part of our DNA. After we construct [a] product, compliance is within the room. They’ve a seat on the desk,” mentioned Lengthy.

On Friday, Ripple mentioned it’ll purchase crypto infrastructure startup Fortress Belief for an undisclosed sum. This follows its acquisition of Swiss crypto custody providers agency Metaco in Could.

“So the purpose on belief, we completely admire that to be a participant in finance, and we’re now a regulated monetary providers supplier with these licenses,” mentioned Lengthy. “You bought to all the time function above board.”