Ripple CEO Says XRP Remains the "North Star" Even as RLUSD Expands

CoinDesk's David LaValle and Kate Irwin sit down with Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, at the Ripple Swell conference. Garlinghouse pushes back on the idea that Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin pulls focus from XRP, noting that about half of all RLUSD is now issued on the XRP Ledger and that driving liquidity and utility through XRP remains the company's internal "North Star." - Chapters/Timecodes: 00:00 Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse at Swell 00:30 Not Giving Up on XRP 01:24 2025 Acquisitions vs. 2026 Integration 02:54 TradFi and Digital Assets Converge 04:19 Tokenized Stocks and Robinhood 05:12 Debunking XRP Ledger Centralization 06:37 CLARITY Act and the Regulators 08:24 Decentralization in a World of Laws 09:52 Why RLUSD Can Compete - #digitalfinance #finance #bitcoin Subscribe to CoinDesk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CoinDesk?sub_confirmation=1 CoinDesk is the leading digital media, events and information services company for the crypto asset and blockchain technology community. Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/coindesk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/coindesk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coindesk Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoinDesk Newsletters: https://www.coindesk.com/newsletters CoinDesk Podcast Network: https://open.spotify.com/show/2jyIhkvAQhed8AWDZiPpSP Public Keys: https://open.spotify.com/show/1rqYzRV10nfKfoTpFXZhTE Markets Daily Crypto Roundup: https://open.spotify.com/show/7sDXM8BlxsUqzL2IqmLqwE The Policy Protocol: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Fh8ffulAWcCqMu0uVuwoj