Making the latest in a series of bold legal moves against the blockchain payments company, the U.S. Securities and Exchange commission issued subpoenas late Friday which call for the “full and complete Netflix viewing history” of Chris Larsen, Brad Garlinghouse, and other executives at Ripple.

“The Big Short? The Bachelor? Tiger King?” said the SEC's official letter to the court. “There could be something in there that proves they knew the XRP they were selling were securities, and we have a right to know about it.”

'Riverdale', one of many Netflix shows the SEC may see in the subpoenaed Netflix viewing history of Ripple execs, perhaps proving their prior knowledge that their sales of XRP were indeed securities.

Officially responding early Saturday, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has called the latest SEC demand “senseless and desperate.”

“I won't tell them what I've watched, but I will tell them what I'm planning on watching,” said Garlinghouse to XRP_Productions reporters. “A little show called 'How Ripple Kicked the SEC Bully in the Nuts.'”

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