XRP Is Ripple’s “North Star,” CEO Brad Garlinghouse Echoes Reddit Co-Founder

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse agrees with Reddit co-founder that a chief executive officer (CEO) must repeatedly communicate their company’s core vision, reaffirming XRP as Ripple’s “North Star.”

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse Declares XRP as Company’s North Star

Brad Garlinghouse reposted Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, who emphasized that a CEO’s daily responsibility is to “communicate and re-communicate the North Star. Again and again.” Reddit co-founder believes a common challenge in scaling companies as teams grow is maintaining alignment around a core vision amid noise.

“100% All roads lead back to Ripple’s North Star, XRP, said Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse. The statement spotlights XRP as the company’s North Star, playing a central role in Ripple’s strategy in cross-border payments and XRPL development amid global adoption efforts.

As CoinGape reported earlier, Brad Garlinghouse emphasized that Ripple has strategically focused on real-world utility by partnering with financial institutions globally. The company and its digital assets XRP and RLUSD stablecoin are helping bridge the gap between traditional finance (tradFi) and the crypto industry.

Lock in.

— Brad Garlinghouse (@bgarlinghouse) April 28, 2026

Price Rises amid Garlinghouse’s Bullish Statement

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse received the Business Leader of the Year 2026 by the Harvard Business School Association of Northern California. He received the award for building the future of global finance and his ongoing fight for digital asset clarity.

Price is rebounding strongly after CoinGape reported that XRP whale flow turned positive again. Today, XRP rebounded almost 2% in the past few hours to currently trade at $1.39. Notably, the XRP Scarcity Index on Binance is showing a notable decline in XRP supply on the crypto exchange.

The 24-hour low and high are $1.37 and $1.40, respectively. Furthermore, trading volume has decreased by 6% over the last 24 hours, as traders await the Fed rate decision. Markets are expecting the Federal Reserve to hold interest rates after today’s FOMC Meeting.

Meanwhile, real-world assets (RWAs) on the XRPL continued to grow. Treasury company Evernorth Holdings reveal the value of tokenized U.S. treasuries on XRPL exceeded $418 million.

CoinGlass data showed buying in the derivatives market. The total XRP futures open interest jumped 1.66% to $2.52 billion in the last 24 hours. XRP futures OI on CME and Binance climbed more than 2.40% and 0.49%, respectively. It signals bullish sentiment among derivatives traders.