Levi Rietveld has shared a video that offers insight into how Ripple views its position inside the global financial system. The clip features Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse speaking about regulation, institutional partnerships, and XRP.
Rather than focusing on short-term price action, the comments suggest a longer arc for XRP, one tied to scale, compliance, and utility within existing financial rails.
Rietveld’s post comes as investors debate whether XRP’s performance reflects speculation or structure. The video leans strongly toward the latter. Garlinghouse speaks plainly about Ripple’s strategy since inception and why that strategy differentiates XRP from many other digital assets.
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Working Inside the System
Garlinghouse said Ripple has worked with regulators “from the get-go.” He added that the company has partnered with regulated institutions, such as banks, “where there isn’t regulatory uncertainty.” Those statements show Ripple’s long-standing approach. While much of the crypto sector pursued disruption without coordination, Ripple focused on compliance and integration.
That strategy, he said, has helped build confidence in XRP among market participants who value clarity, compliance, and institutional alignment. Ripple works with the system rather than against it. The CEO did not position XRP as a replacement for existing finance. He described it as infrastructure. That places XRP within global payment flows rather than outside them.
Scale, Trillions, and Value Creation
Garlinghouse addressed a common comparison. He asked whether XRP is the next Bitcoin. His answer focuses on problem-solving, rather than narrative. He said that if Ripple can solve this challenge at scale, then it addresses “a problem measured in the trillions of dollars.” That line anchors the value thesis.
Cross-border payments remain slow and expensive. Banks and institutions still rely on outdated systems built decades ago. Ripple targets that inefficiency. XRP serves as the liquidity layer that enables capital to move without pre-funded accounts.
Garlinghouse concluded that under those conditions, “there’s a lot of opportunity to create value in XRP.” The emphasis remains on utility and adoption.
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What This Signals for 2026 and Beyond
In 2026, the XRP trajectory will depend less on hype cycles and more on execution. Continued bank adoption, payment corridor expansion, and liquidity growth on the XRP Ledger would strengthen the value case Garlinghouse described.
Rietveld’s video highlights that Ripple’s goals have not changed. XRP’s future depends on scale, regulation, and real-world settlement. That approach may move more slowly than speculation, but it’ll last much longer.
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