Ripple CEO said it would not abandon XRP, and said that RLUSD and XRP are complementary
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Ripple CEO said the company would never abandon XRP, and stated that XRP and stablecoins RLUSD are complementary.
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Ripple CEO Responding to the abandonment claims XRP Rumor: Will never abandon XRP
PANews October 29 The news, according to U.Today,Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, at the opening ceremony of the Swell 2026 conference, responded to market rumors that it Ripple would reduce support for XRP and instead focus on stablecoins RLUSD saying, “We will never abandon XRP”，Ripple and will never do anything we believe would harm the XRP ecosystem. Garlinghouse said that XRP the momentum behind its development is “highly significant,”RLUSD is one of the factors driving this momentum, and the two are complementary.
PANews, citing U.Today, reported that Brad Garlinghouse, at the opening ceremony of the Swell 2026 conference, responded to rumors that Ripple would reduce support for XRP and instead focus on RLUSD.
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Brad Garlinghouse said: “We will never abandon XRP”。
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Brad Garlinghouse said that Ripple would never do anything it believed would harm the XRP ecosystem.
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Brad Garlinghouse said that XRP the momentum behind its development is “highly significant,”RLUSD is one of the factors driving this momentum.
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Brad Garlinghouse said that XRP and RLUSD are complementary.
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Market rumors suggest that Ripple may reduce support for XRP and shift its focus to RLUSD。Ripple CEO denied this and described RLUSD as complementary assistance for XRP development rather than a substitute.
Why it matters to readers
These remarks directly addressed concerns that Ripple might weaken its XRP support, but they remain public statements by company executives and cannot alone prove that future resource allocation and product strategy will not change.
Beginners can understand this as Ripple a statement of its position on the relationship between XRP and RLUSD, rather than a price guarantee or complete evidence of future actions.
Risks and unknowns
The available evidence is a secondary report by PANews citing U.Today; no original video of the speech or official transcript was provided.
The report did not specify Ripple future arrangements for XRP and RLUSD in terms of specific products, funding, or ecosystem investment.
It is impossible to confirm based solely on these remarks whether Ripple subsequent strategy will change.
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