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Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, made an interesting statement. talking on Encryption in America In a podcast with journalist Eleanor Terrett, Garlinghouse hinted that XRP holders could receive “something special” tied to Ripple’s potential IPO.
However, Garlinghouse was frank about Ripple’s IPO timeline, calling it “not a priority.” He pointed to the poor performance regarding cryptocurrencies general listings, pointing to the delayed IPO plans of BitGo, Gemini and Kraken as evidence that the overall market environment is not favorable.
He joked that maintaining his privacy allows him to speak without lawyers breathing down his neck. But when Teret pressed whether XRP Stockholders specifically benefit from a future IPO, and Garlinghouse didn’t deviate from that; It has bent, suggesting there could be additional benefits beyond ecosystem growth. “We think this is a good thing for the community,” he added.
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Ripple Special and XRP price
XRP just broke the $1.40 support level after failing to break through the $1.45 resistance level. The same area that couldn’t stand it since February. The current squeeze pattern follows a high-volume breakout from a multi-month downtrend, with support holding around the $1.35 range.
The layers of resistance are stacked with $1.40 first, then $1.45 as the area that has been struggling to break through. The 2026 Standard Chartered model is priced at $2.80, as traders watch whales accumulate. Whale wallets are known to have added 1.2 billion XRP in the first quarter of 2026, the highest quarterly total since 2023.
Clearly, institutional interest is growingbut the CLARITY Act deadline is the swing factor. Garlinghouse described the next two weeks as critical in the Miami consensus.
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Bitcoin Hyper targets early upside as XRP tests key resistance
The bull case for XRP is compelling, but entering $1.39, the bullish multiple is capped by an already significant market cap. Traders chasing 10x returns are increasingly scanning early-stage infrastructure operations, and this is where… Bitcoin Hyper enters the picture.
The narrative of the Bitcoin ecosystem is accelerating, and Bitcoin Hyper is positioned directly within it. The project is the first Bitcoin Layer 2 with Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) integration. The protocol will have faster performance than the Solana protocol itself, in addition to Bitcoin’s own security layer.
Pre-sale is approaching 33 million dollars At a current nominal price of only $0.0136with 35% annually Staking bonuses are available as a “something special” to early holders. Features include a decentralized backbone bridge for BTC transfers, sub-second finality, and low-cost smart contract execution that Bitcoin’s base layer cannot offer.
