The push for a strategic Bitcoin Reserve (SBR) dates back many months, and today, Ripple Labs was flagged as a firm actively lobbying against achieving this. This callout came from Pierre Rochard, the VP of Research at Riot Platforms, who said Ripple Labs is throwing money at politicians to derail the SBR plans.
According to Rochard, the biggest obstacle dragging down the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve is not the Fed. He noted that these obstacles are neither the US Treasury, banks, or Elizabeth Warren.
He said the problem is Ripple Labs and the obvious focus on XRP. The Riot Platforms executive noted that Ripple is “aggressively lobbying against the SBR by throwing around $millions at politicians.” He believes the motivation of Ripple Labs is to derail the strategic Bitcoin reserve plans.
Pierre Rochard went on to cite similar examples related to crypto mining. He said Ripple Labs attacked Bitcoin mining under President Joe Biden’s administration.
“Obviously they want to protect their marketing narratives and push for CBDCs built on their platform,” he claims.
Responding to the claims from Rochard, Brad Garlinghouse said perhaps he is choosing to ignore the core tenets of President Donald Trump’s campaign. For emphasis, he said this campaign promises to support American companies and technologies in general.
Garlinghouse said its efforts are, on the contrary, increasing the likelihood of a crypto strategic reserve, including Bitcoin, happening.
Unless you are choosing to ignore the core tenants of the POTUS campaign (which aggressively supports American companies and technologies), our efforts are actually INCREASING the likelihood of a crypto strategic reserve (which includes bitcoin) happening.
— Brad Garlinghouse (@bgarlinghouse) January 23, 2025
Just after the word exchange on X, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish a national digital asset stockpile. Earlier, the President ruled out a single asset reserve as other altcoins, including XRP, were favored to make the list.
The announcement of the national digital asset stockpile is a major lift for the crypto industry. While it is causing displeasure among Bitcoin maxis, the President is largely making good on his campaign promises to the digital currency ecosystem.
On inauguration day, the White House named Mark Uyeda as acting chairman of the US SEC. Also, the President appointed Caroline Pham as the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Both regulators are pro-crypto and were endorsed by industry leaders.
As one of his first acts in office, Uyeda created a crypto task force led by Hester Peirce to drive the regulatory agenda in the sector.
Veteran trader Peter Brandt spotlighted a major bottom on the SUI price weekly chart, predicting…
Prediction market ETFs may be coming soon, according to comments from ETF experts. The optimism…
After a short period of halting Bitcoin purchases, Michael Saylor has indicated that Strategy might…
STRC, Strategy's perpetual preferred stock, returned to its $100 par value during Friday's trading session.…
Ethereum whale Garrett Jinn has once again dumped his ETH holdings, sparking discussions among market…
BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…