Garlinghouse Says XRP Will Always Be Top of Mind for Ripple

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has once again reaffirmed Ripple’s long-standing commitment to XRP and its community. 

In an X post, he directly addressed discussions over XRP’s long-term role, emphasizing that XRP remains central to Ripple’s strategy.

Key Points

• CEO Brad Garlinghouse reaffirmed Ripple’s long-standing commitment to XRP and its community.
• He stressed that the XRP family will remain top of mind for the company.
• Ripple reinforces this commitment by holding significant XRP and backing a major corporate XRP treasury initiative.
• The company recently unveiled an institutional DeFi blueprint for the XRP Ledger, highlighting XRP as the center of the vision.

XRP Family Remains High Priority for Ripple

In the tweet, Garlinghouse welcomed what he described as growing clarity within the community about Ripple’s view of XRP. He stressed that the XRP family has always been, and will continue to be, “top of mind” for the company.

This signals that Ripple continues to prioritize XRP and its broader community as it expands across custody, payments, and real-world asset tokenization. His remarks followed a message from a prominent XRP community figure who observed that the company has stayed true to its original vision of XRP as a bridge asset, despite years of speculation to the contrary.

In the past, concerns emerged that Ripple’s expansion into the stablecoin market and enterprise products could dilute XRP’s role. However, his message underscores continuity rather than a shift in direction.

Garlinghouse has repeatedly reinforced XRP’s importance, describing it as Ripple’s “north star” and the heart of its strategy. These commentaries stress that XRP remains foundational to the company’s long-term vision.

XRP Sits at the Center of Ripple’s XRPL Transformation

Last week, Ripple unveiled its institutional DeFi roadmap for the XRP Ledger (XRPL). The roadmap expands XRPL’s scope far beyond simple payments, redefining it as a comprehensive financial infrastructure capable of supporting complex operations such as collateral management and foreign exchange trading.

Within this framework, XRP will facilitate cross-border settlements, enable the movement of collateral, and serve as the network’s transaction fee asset.

Ripple’s Actions Confirm XRP’s Priority

Last year, Ripple joined firms such as Kraken and SBI in a $1 billion initiative to build the world’s largest corporate XRP treasury. Notably, both Ripple and its co-founder, Chris Larsen, have already contributed more than 250 million XRP to the effort.

Meanwhile, Ripple holds nearly 40 billion XRP across escrow and on-chain wallets. Analysts view XRP as critical to Ripple’s financial health as price appreciation directly strengthens the company’s balance sheet, and vice versa.

In addition, Ripple Prime’s roadmap includes integrating XRP into liquidity operations, collateral, and settlement for institutional clients. The company also supports the XL-66 amendment, which seeks to enable native, non-custodial lending on the XRPL.