Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse discusses plans to rewire banking, crypto unity, and the strategic Hidden Road acquisition.

  • Garlinghouse said that everyone is underestimating just how big that change actually is

  • He doesn’t see the Bitcoin community as an enemy, saying that if it does well, the XRP community will do too

  • Garlinghouse views the Hidden Road acquisition as a strategic entry into stablecoins, offering something more integrated and infrastructure-driven than just launching a coin

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has recently made bold statements about the company’s vision to rewire the entire banking system. More precisely, during a speech at the XRP Las Vegas conference, 

Garlinghouse referenced David Schwartz (CTO of Ripple) talking about rewiring the banking system a day earlier, and emphasized how everyone is underestimating just how big that change actually is.

A Call for Crypto Unity, Not Tribalism

Interestingly, Garlinghouse also noted that he doesn’t see the Bitcoin community as an enemy, saying that if it does well, the XRP community will do too. On that note, Ripple donated the Skull of Satoshi to the Bitcoin community as a gesture of unity.

During the speech, Garlinghouse highlighted the fact that crypto infighting is damaging the entire industry and …

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