A federal judge certified a class of investors in litigation against Ripple Labs Inc. claiming that the cryptocurrency firm violated federal and state laws when it failed to register its XRP coin as a security.

The judge’s order means that potentially tens of thousands of XRP purchasers can assert their securities claims against the San Francisco-based fintech company, as well as its subsidiary XRP II and CEO Bradley Garlinghouse, as part of the class.

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