XRP News: Ripple’s Multi-Asset Payments Model Predates Resurfaced XRP Remarks

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said XRP may be the best bridge asset for some cross-border payments, while a stablecoin could solve other customer needs more effectively.

The XRP remarks surfaced this week but were originally made on January 22 news.The comments came from Faena Rose’s January 22 program, The Transformative Power of Crypto Assets, where Garlinghouse discussed cross-border payments and digital financial infrastructure.

Clips resurfaced on social media on September 24, more than eight months after the original conversation.Brad GarlinghouseGarlinghouse’s framing was conditional, not a ranking of assets.

He argued that XRP is not necessarily the best asset for every payment use case and explicitly rejected an XRP-only approach to utility, saying a stablecoin can solve certain customer problems better depending on the transaction.