🏛️ Ripple: private company or undercover government agency?
Ripple is, on paper, a crypto company. But when looking at its organizational chart, something unusual is detected: a concentration of high-ranking officials with a background in public institutions. Former Treasury officials, financial regulators, advisors to multilateral organizations… even profiles with direct links to state power structures.
More than a disruptive startup, Ripple operates with the rigidity, hierarchy, and language of a federal agency. Its management includes a CEO, president, compliance director, heads of regulatory relations, public strategy, and an advisory board that seems more suited to a congressional committee than a tech firm.
This is complemented by a key fact: Brad Garlinghouse, its CEO, has met with Donald Trump while he was already president. A move that highlights Ripple's political weight and its strategic positioning within the crypto geopolitical landscape.
Ripple has also been a federal contractor and has funded pro-regulation campaigns through million-dollar contributions to lobbying groups. All this while maintaining alliances with banks, governments, and international organizations.
Is it really just a company? Because Ripple increasingly resembles a public financial infrastructure… without an official label.
