Known for groundbreaking cryptocurrency XRP, Ripple has been caught in a higher-stakes lawful tussle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission considering the fact that last year.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse doubled down on his annoyance bordering the lack of clarity in U.S. regulation of electronic assets in an appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Wednesday.

He says a huge part of the issue with crypto regulation in the U.S. is not the cryptocurrency players, but the absence of action from the U.S. regulators as opposed to world friends. The SEC charged Ripple, co-founder Chris Larsen and Garlinghouse with conducting an unlawful securities supplying that allegedly elevated additional than $1.3 billion through profits of XRP.

XRP was trading up about 8% on Wednesday morning amid a crypto rebound, and it is up much more than 300% calendar year-to-day, but has fallen much from its YTD significant all through the recent crash in cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin experienced bounced again from its huge, modern decline and was hovering all-around $40,000 on Wednesday.

“There is certainly a misunderstanding of how these technologies can be used,” Garlinghouse stated. “In the United States there has been a deficiency of regulatory clarity. Other international locations, G20 marketplaces, they have invested the time and vitality, both by means of laws or rulemaking, to give that clarity and certainty, which will allow buyers to participate, entrepreneurs to develop.”

Ripple ranked No. 38 on this year’s CNBC Disruptor 50 record.