Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is reportedly planning to meet U.S. President Donald Trump soon. The topic of discussion is expected to be XRP, according to social media posts. Moreover, people are even anticipating a surge for XRP price after they meet. However, is the meet actually scheduled or just a bluff on the Internet?
Is Ripple CEO Going to Meet Trump?
According to a post on X by TheXRPGuy, Garlinghouse is set to meet Trump. The tweet gathered over 370K impressions and fueled several speculations around the topics to be discussed and the potential impact on XRP.
Well, the meeting has not been verified by official sources at the moment. Nonetheless, the speculation can not be ruled out completely considering that Garlinghouse and Trump already met earlier this year. Hence, in case they meet, they could discuss some revolutionary policies for both XRP and the overall crypto market.
Also, netizens expect Ripple’s XRP price to explode if they meet and the hype trickles into the market. This speculation comes from XRP’s past performance when the token surged to a high of $3.13 on January 31, following Trump and Garlinghouse’s meeting.On January 27, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse encouraged the inclusion of XRP within the proposed U.S. strategic crypto reserve.
During that period, Garlinghouse engaged in conversations with Trump, advocating for XRP’s role the crypto reserve. Garlinghouse shared his views amid debates on whether government reserves should only be Bitcoin or include different types of tokens. He argued against a narrow approach, stating that “the crypto industry has a real shot, here and now, to achieve the many goals we have in common, if we work together instead of tearing each other down.”
The Ripple CEO also underscored that the nature of digital assets shouldn’t be treated as mutually exclusive. “This is not, and never will be, a zero-sum game,” he had asserted at the time. Garlinghouse also called for cooperation within the fragmented crypto ecosystem.
He also pointed to what he saw as a shift in Trump’s stance on digital currencies. After earlier friction between the former President Joe Biden and crypto advocates, Garlinghouse noted Trump had come to recognize blockchain’s role in advancing innovation and growth of entrepreneurship.
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