Speaking with Fox Business, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said the company is gearing up for a record quarter and that XRP is central to Ripple’s long-term strategy. Garlinghouse said Ripple has been “on a tear” after a headline-making buying and acquisition spree.
In 2025 Ripple deployed about $4 billion across the crypto sector through investments, mergers, and acquisitions, expanding into trading and digital-asset infrastructure. That included the $1.25 billion acquisition of prime broker Hidden Road and the $1 billion purchase of treasury management firm GTreasury. Ripple’s custody division also issues a U.S. dollar–backed stablecoin, RLUSD, valued at roughly $1.4 billion.
Garlinghouse emphasized that Ripple’s growth depends on XRP’s real-world utility, calling utility the company’s “North Star.” He pointed to examples such as Dubai-based real estate tokenization tied to a Guggenheim Partners fund on the XRP Ledger as evidence of adoption.
He also predicted stablecoins could represent crypto’s “ChatGPT moment,” giving corporate treasurers and CFOs a practical on-ramp to blockchain payments and broader enterprise use cases. Garlinghouse said many Fortune 500 and Fortune 2000 executives are now asking how stablecoins fit into their payment and treasury strategies.
On regulation, Garlinghouse said U.S. market-structure legislation will be crucial. He expressed cautious optimism that the CLARITY Act could pass but warned policymakers must avoid politicizing regulation in ways that harm innovation or competitiveness.
At publication, XRP traded around $1.34, up 1.1% on the day but down about 6.5% over the past seven days, according to CoinGecko.