XRP ETF, Ripple and Crypto Regulation: Questions and Responses

How about an XRP ETF? I know you got ether out there. How about XRP? Can you answer that?

I can't. And you don't want me to.

I do.

Well, I can't.

All right. They're giving me the rap. Thank you.

Given how punitive the SEC has been towards crypto under this administration,

do you envision the XRP ledger being incorporated into the financial institutions in the future?

Well, I certainly can't speak to any specific crypto. But, you know, I do think that

the sort of cryptocurrency is an interesting and probably valuable bulwark against a centralized

control. So, you know, and this is definitely not an endorsement or lack of endorsement for XRP.

But I do think crypto, by its very nature, helps with individual freedom.

Are you still working with Ripple at all as a company? I know there's always, you know,

some extracurricular activity that was working its way through the courts, and it's since been

resolved. But I'm curious if there's ongoing discussions. And one of their primary focuses

is on the interbank settlement component that you're also touching.

So, frankly, Ripple is probably the only topic I just can't talk about. So I just don't talk about

it. I just can't talk about it. I just can't talk about it.