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Ripple's Brad Garlinghouse: AI Layoffs are a ‘Travesty’
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Ripple CEO sits down with CoinDesk from Consensus Miami.
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse joins CoinDesk Live at Consensus 2026 in Miami with a wide-ranging conversation from the Bullish-Equiniti deal to Ripple's own institutional push. Plus, why he is not an XRP maxi and his stand on AI in the modern workforce. - Timestamps: 00:00 Brad Garlinghouse Joins CoinDesk Live at Consensus 2026
00:34 Bitcoin Above $80K and the Bullish-Equiniti Deal
01:21 Tokenization's "Magical Moment"
02:01 Hidden Road and XRP as Institutional Collateral
02:13 Coinbase Layoffs and Crypto's Speculation Problem
02:55 Why Ripple Sees AI as a Growth Accelerant, Not a Cut
03:57 AI Isn't the ‘Boogeyman’
05:06 How Ripple Uses AI Across Finance, Marketing, and Code
06:04 U.S. Crypto Market Structure
07:18 Ripple's Brand and the XRP Army
08:11 Why Tribalism Hurts Crypto: It's a Multi-Chain World
09:03 Ripple's Mission for XRP Adoption, Liquidity, and Trust
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This interview was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie and Sam Ewen.