Ripple's Brad Garlinghouse: AI Layoffs are a ‘Travesty’

About this episode

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse discusses various topics including AI layoffs, Ripple's institutional strategies, and the crypto market at Consensus 2026 in Miami.

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 - This interview was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie and Sam Ewen.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jennifer Sanasie, Sam Ewen

Guest: Brad Garlinghouse

Topics covered

• AI in the workforce
• Ripple's institutional push
• XRP adoption
• Crypto market structure
• Tokenization
• Bullish-Equiniti deal

Keywords

• Ripple
• Brad Garlinghouse
• AI layoffs
• XRP
• Consensus 2026
• crypto market
• Bullish-Equiniti deal
• tokenization
• Coinbase

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ripple, CoinDesk, Coinbase

Places: Miami

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