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THE STREET · 2026-11-03 13:30 UTC

U.S. judge behind landmark XRP ruling takes over Maduro case

Judge Analisa Torres, who ruled XRP is not a security in 2023, is taking over the high-profile narcoterrorism and drug trafficking case against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro following the death of the previous judge. A U.S. soldier was arrested for insider trading, using classified information about a Maduro operation to place $33,000 in bets on Polymarket and profit $400,000, then converting winnings to crypto and moving them offshore.

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