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Chris Cooke retweeted
๐จ BREAKING โ BRAD GARLINGHOUSE JUST SAID THE QUIET PART OUT LOUD ๐ฅ
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is calling 2026 the most bullish year in crypto history
and the reasoning is absolutely explosive for XRP.
Hereโs why his statement matters more than people realize:
1. The giants are here
Franklin Templeton
BlackRock
Vanguard
These arenโt โcrypto-curiousโ funds
These are the institutions that decide where global capital flows.
Their entry means crypto is not a niche anymore
it is becoming a pillar of global finance.
2. ETFs are just getting started
Brad expects crypto ETFs to grow well beyond one to two percent of the entire ETF market.
Let that sink in.
The ETF market is over ten trillion dollars.
Even a small share flowing into crypto becomes a liquidity hurricane.
3. Early inflows show something massive โ pent up demand
Not hype
Not retail mania
But institutional appetite.
And yes
Brad explicitly said that demand is showing up in XRP products as well.
4. This signals what comes next
When BlackRock, Vanguard and Franklin Templeton lock onto an asset classโฆ
they donโt nibble
they reshape the entire market structure.
And XRP is now officially part of that structure.
XRP ETFs
Ripple Prime
GTreasury
RLUSD
DNA Protocol
global licensing
institutional corridors
the groundwork is done.
Brad isnโt making a prediction
Heโs telling you what the data already shows.
2026 wonโt just be bullish
It will be the capital rotation event the XRP community has waited a decade for.
The tide isnโt coming
Itโs already rising. ๐ฅ
Chris Cooke retweeted
โ ๏ธ BREAKING NEWS:
RIPPLE & GEMINI JUST ANNOUNCED THE GEMINI CREDIT CARD #XRP EDITION! ๐ณ
THID LIMITED EDITION METAL CARD GIVES UP TO 4% BACK IN XRP INSTANTLY! ๐ฐ
Chris Cooke retweeted
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Chris Cooke retweeted
#XRPCommunity #SECGov v. #Ripple #XRP BREAKING: The parties have filed a Joint Dismissal of the Appeals. The case is over.
Chris Cooke retweeted
Today, @Ripple announced the acquisition of Hidden Road for $1.25B, one of the largest deals ever in the crypto space. But the price tag isnโt whatโs most important โ itโs that this deal marks a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for crypto to access the largest and most trusted traditional markets, and vice versa.
Prime brokers (along with other key functions historically managed by banks for the most part) like Hidden Road have proven themselves as *the* trusted intermediary for the largest hedge funds, market makers, OTC desks, quant traders and more. Ripple has been a customer of Hidden Road for years, and we know their breadth of expertise firsthand, clearing $3 TRILLION annually for 300+ of the top financial institutions globally.
This is the capital and activity that will tap into XRP and the XRP Ledgerโs bread-and-butter โ instant, efficient, scalable and low cost movement of value. Instead of waiting for <24 hours to settle trades through fiat rails, Hidden Road will be using XRPL for clearing a portion of trades, and most consequentially, using RLUSD as collateral across its prime brokerage services, including cross-asset (crypto and traditional instrument) trades.
With this deal and the backing of Rippleโs significant balance sheet, Hidden Road will exponentially expand its capacity to service its pipeline and become the largest non-bank prime broker globally.
Ripple and Hidden Road combined are a generational leap forward, ready to truly bring the worlds of traditional and decentralized finance together. ripple.com/ripple-press/rippโฆ
Chris Cooke retweeted
Suffice it to say - Q4 2024 was absolutely one for the XRP history books.
5 different firms filed for XRP-related ETPs in the US (plus 4 more this month ); $RLUSD launched, hitting a $100M market cap within a month; and on-chain XRPL DEX trading volume reached $1B in Q4!
More (pretty incredible) stats in our quarterly XRP Markets Report ๐
The Q4 XRP Markets Report is here: on.ripple.com/4jAIVJX
The final quarter of 2024 brought key developments for XRP and the broader crypto industry:
๐ 280% price movement โ As regulatory uncertainty faded, XRP demand soared.
๐ Policy shift โ U.S. shifts toward regulatory clarity & banking access for crypto.
๐ Institutional momentum โ 5 issuers filed for a spot XRP ETF
