Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Spoke With President Donald Trump About XRP Strategic Reserve

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple, disclosed that he spoke with President Trump about XRP as a strategic reserve asset for the United States.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has spoken with President Trump about XRP being included in a strategic reserve of crypto assets for the United States. He said that US reserves should hold a range of cryptocurrencies, not just Bitcoin.

Brad Garlinghouse prefers digital asset reserves that include more than just Bitcoin (BTC) and XRP. Speaking on X, he said, “We live in a multichain world, and I’ve argued for a level playing field rather than one token versus another.”

“I own XRP, BTC, and ETH,” Garlinghouse stated, adding that if a government digital asset reserve is established, “it should, in my opinion, be representative of the sector rather than just one token” (be it Bitcoin, XRP, or another one).

President Donald Trump has said that his administration will look into the possibility of creating a national stockpile of digital assets, a move that has the support of the crypto community.

Insiders say that Bitcoin, being the most valuable crypto asset in the market and the one with the highest institutional adoption, could be a possible reserve.

According to traders on the decentralized betting platform Polymarket, there is currently only a 17 percent chance that Trump will approve the project during the first 100 days of his presidency.

However, Garlinghouse is against the maximalism that positions Bitcoin as the sole worthy contender for a possible national reserve.