XRP has once again hit a new milestone, breaking $3 for the first time in since 2018 even as the SEC filed an appeal in its case against Ripple.

“As expected, the SEC’s appeal brief is a rehash of already failed arguments — and likely to be abandoned by the next administration,” Ripple chief legal officer Stuart Alderoty wrote on X.

XRP momentarily smashed through the $3 barrier today, a dramatic comeback not seen since early 2018. Though it quickly corrected back to $2.97. The crypto, often at the center of legal and regulatory drama,