{"id":89959,"date":"2025-10-16T12:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=89959"},"modified":"2025-10-16T12:35:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:35:15","slug":"brad-garlinghouse-predicts-end-of-hostile-crypto-regulation-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/brad-garlinghouse-predicts-end-of-hostile-crypto-regulation-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Brad Garlinghouse Predicts End of Hostile Crypto Regulation in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency industry will not revert to hostile regulation even with a change in administration at the White House, according to Ripple CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-ripple-and-the-cryptocurrency-xrp\">Brad Garlinghouse<\/a> at the DC Fintech Week conference, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/374809\/ripple-ceo-garlinghouse-us-wont-return-hostile-crypto-climate-under-gensler\">The Block<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;The ship has sailed. You can&#8217;t put the genie back in the bottle in the United States,&#8221; he noted.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Garlinghouse pointed out that the current president, Donald Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/trump-vows-to-make-america-the-crypto-capital-of-the-world\">promised<\/a> to make the US the &#8220;crypto capital of the world&#8221; and has connections with digital assets.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Criticism of TradFi<\/h2>\n<p>The Ripple chief also criticized traditional finance (TradFi), calling it &#8220;hypocritical&#8221; regarding crypto companies&#8217; access to master accounts at the US Federal Reserve.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that the crypto industry should adhere to the same <span data-descr=\"anti-money laundering\/know your customer\" class=\"old_tooltip\">AML\/KYC<\/span> standards as TradFi. In return, it should be granted equal access to financial infrastructure.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;You can&#8217;t demand one thing and then fight against another. It&#8217;s insincere,&#8221; Garlinghouse added.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Regulatory Outlook<\/h2>\n<p>The Ripple CEO remains optimistic about legislation for digital assets. He noted that the House of Representatives has already passed its version of the bill, and there is a competing document in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>The legislative process has slowed, but Garlinghouse is confident of success.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;The industry needs clarity, which Ripple has already achieved. We had to obtain it through a $150 million lawsuit and a federal judge. We believe the entire sector deserves the same clarity, and we will fight for it,&#8221; he concluded.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Back in August, the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/us-court-finalizes-secs-case-closure-against-ripple\">approved<\/a> the settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Ripple Labs, ending the litigation that began in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency industry will not revert to hostile regulation even with a change in administration at the White House, according to Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse predicts no return to hostile crypto regulation in the US.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1274,1138,36,26],"class_list":["post-89959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-brad-garlinghouse","tag-opinions","tag-regulation","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"195","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse predicts no return to hostile crypto regulation in the US.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89961,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89959\/revisions\/89961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}