Brad Garlinghouse is the CEO of Ripple. We’re live in New York speaking to Brad at Ripple Swell 2025. In this conversation, we discuss the current crypto ecosystem, previous regulatory battles for Ripple and how he views current DC legislation, the importance of the U.S. being the leader in crypto, Ripple’s strategy & acquisitions, bridging the gap between traditional finance and crypto, the application for a National Bank charter, and how XRP still plays a major role in Ripple’s future.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 – Welcome Brian To Crypto In America
0:14 – Ripple’s Tumultuous Year and Legal Battles
0:43 – What ‘Crypto in America’ Means To Brad
1:46 – Comparing the ‘Dot-Com’ Boom to Crypto
4:00 – Did Crypto Already Have It’s Bust?
6:10 – Ripple’s Previous Legal Battles, Thoughts On Regulatory Clarity and Market Impact
10:23 – Long Term Vision For Ripple
12:16- Ripple Prime, Institutional Trading
14:57 Public Market Exposure and Institutional Access
17:26 – XRP’s Role
23:41 – US Regulatory Landscape and Future Prospects
29:30 – Thanks Brad For Joining Us, Like & Subscribe!
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Brad Garlinghouse, is hands down the BEST CEO in the world!!! What a classy brilliant man . $XRP & $RLUSD TAKE OVER
So so proud of Brad and Ripple to stand up to the bully and beat SEC atvtheurcwn game… Ripple fought on behalf of the whole of crypto asset space & CZ
It's sooo simple anything that will be cross border will use xrp anything thats domestic will use rlusd
Someone from the Bounty here…
29:05 didn’t expect to hear about the game in this interview 😂 go heels!!!
Brad might be America’s BEST and maybe most important American CEO
Ripple has been the glue to bring everybody in the payment/banking/monetary space together even after the de-banking and how those he is helping first tried to destroy him. 💪✅
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Please explain what they are talking about at the very end? 29:00