Speaking with Fox Business on Friday, Ripple frontman Brad Garlinghouse touted a turning point for his company. After making some major acquisitions last year, Ripple, the payments-focused blockchain company closely associated with the XRP Ledger (XRP) network, is gearing up for a record-breaking quarter, with XRP now positioned as the central pillar of its long-term strategy.
“We’re going to have a record quarter,” Garlinghouse said, noting that Ripple has been “on a tear” following last year’s wave of headline-making buying spree.
In 2025, Ripple deployed roughly $4 billion across the crypto sector through investments, mergers, and acquisitions, expanding its footprint in trading and digital asset infrastructure.
That total included the $1.25 billion acquisition of prime brokerage Hidden Road and the $1 billion purchase of treasury management firm GTreasury. The company also issues a U.S. dollar–backed stablecoin, RLUSD, valued at around $1.4 billion, through its custody division.
Garlinghouse stressed that Ripple’s growth is closely linked to XRP’s real-world utility. “Our North Star is utility,” he said, adding that broader adoption and trust in XRP strengthen the entire ecosystem.
 
To illustrate adoption, he referenced Dubai-based real estate tokenization tied to a Guggenheim Partners fund on the XRP Ledger.
Crypto’s ‘ChatGPT Moment’
Brad Garlinghouse also predicted that stablecoins could become the crypto industry’s “ChatGPT moment” as businesses seek more efficient payment options and actively evaluate integration into their operations.
Garlinghouse told Fox Business that corporate leaders—including those at Fortune 500 and Fortune 2000 firms—are increasingly asking their treasurers and CFOs how stablecoins fit into their strategies.
He added that providing finance teams with that option would be a key breakthrough, calling it “the ChatGPT moment of crypto,” as it could serve as an entry point for companies to adopt a wider range of blockchain-based services.
All Eyes On US Market Structure Legislation
Beyond broader commentary on the crypto market, Brad Garlinghouse also focused on the future of U.S. regulation, noting that evolving policy will play a key role in either accelerating or constraining innovation across the digital asset industry.
While he expressed optimism that the CLARITY Act will ultimately be passed, he cautioned that lawmakers and policymakers may fall short of delivering the broader regulatory framework the industry is anticipating.
“A lot of eyes are on what is U.S. regulation going to look like and is it going to get done,” Garlinghouse postulated. “We want to make sure we can’t have another Gary Gensler moment where they try to weaponize policy in a way that is about politics, not about what’s good for the United States.”
XRP hovered around $1.34 at publication time, a 1.1% gain over the past day, according to CoinGecko. The fifth-largest cryptocurrency has plunged 6.5% over the last seven days.
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