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Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, has expressed optimism about XRP’s long-term prospects, suggesting that the asset’s potential was not accurately reflected by the current state of the market.

Garlinghouse publicly questioned why XRP and the larger cryptocurrency market have been subject to such intense selling pressure.

He stressed that the sector’s overall outlook was favorable while acknowledging that investors have been irritated by recent price changes. “To be honest, I don’t understand why some of that is happening,” Garlinghouse remarked. “Because I believe we’re positioned to have an extremely successful year.”.

His remarks are consistent with the view held by many industry players that market prices frequently lag behind institutional and technological advancements within the blockchain ecosystem. Growing institutional involvement, according to Garlinghouse, is a key element that could influence XRP’s future performance.

He claimed that years of regulatory ambiguity had built up demand, which is only now starting to show.  A higher degree of financial adoption is demonstrated by the use of ETFs as collateral. Securities and financial instruments are widely used by institutions in traditional finance to manage liquidity and obtain loans. In this context, the emergence of XRP-linked products indicates that digital assets are gradually becoming part of the mainstream financial infrastructure.