Ripple CEO: “XRP Has a CEO. Who Is He?”

In a recent on-stage interview, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse revisited the relationship between Ripple and XRP, one of the most persistent misunderstandings in the crypto ￰0￱ video, shared by crypto commentator BankXRP (@BankXRP) on X, centered on clarifying what Ripple is as a company and what XRP represents as a digital asset and open-source ￰1￱ began by reflecting on the company’s long-running legal challenges, noting that they were rooted in questions about Ripple’s identity and the status of ￰2￱ CEO stated that the lawsuit was about the company’s identity, adding that Ripple “is a privately funded company that raised venture capital and issued stock.” Those shares, he said, are ￰3￱ distinction, according to Garlinghouse, is that XRP is not.

“What is XRP, which is a technology, an open source technology that is kind of native to our products,” he ￰4￱ Brad Garlinghouse what is @Ripple What is #XRP “XRP has a CEO well who is he” Ripple doesn’t control the XRP ledger ￰5￱ — 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸XRP (@BankXRP) October 15, 2025 Clarifying Misconceptions About Control and Leadership One of Garlinghouse’s more pointed comments addressed a misconception that XRP itself has a CEO. “People will say things like, well, XRP has a CEO, and I’m like, who is it? Ripple has a CEO. That’s me,” he ￰6￱ contrast, XRP operates as part of a decentralized network , developed and maintained by a community of participants outside Ripple’s corporate ￰7￱ emphasized that Ripple uses XRP within its product stack but does not control the network or the ￰8￱ also pointed out that many companies develop independently within the XRP ecosystem, creating products and infrastructure that are separate from Ripple’s operations, and using XRP within their corporate ￰9￱ Open-Source System Beyond Ripple’s Control Garlinghouse described the XRP Ledger as open-source and community-driven, stating that Ripple cannot unilaterally dictate changes to the network.

“People don’t understand, Ripple does not control XRP ,” he ￰10￱ ledger operates on community governance rules requiring substantial consensus for amendments. “There have been amendments passed to the XRP open source technology that we opposed,” he explained. “We were against them, and they still passed.” That process, he continued, represents the nature of open-source ￰11￱ are on X, follow us to connect with us :- @TimesTabloid1 — TimesTabloid (@TimesTabloid1) June 15, 2025 Ripple has also supported proposals that have been approved through the same process, but Garlinghouse reiterated that Ripple lacks the authority to make unilateral decisions.

A Message About Decentralization and Education Misconceptions about XRP’s governance often stem from a limited understanding of decentralized technologies. “When I hear people say that, I think, okay, they’re not educated about what’s going on, and so we need to educate people ,” he said. Garlinghouse’s comments show that XRP operates independently from the company that uses it, with decision-making spread across a distributed ￰12￱ : This content is meant to inform and should not be considered financial ￰13￱ views expressed in this article may include the author’s personal opinions and do not represent Times Tabloid’s ￰14￱ are advised to conduct thorough research before making any investment ￰15￱ action taken by the reader is strictly at their own ￰16￱ Tabloid is not responsible for any financial ￰17￱ us on X , Facebook , Telegram , and Google News