{"id":64582,"date":"2025-12-21T04:01:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T04:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=64582"},"modified":"2025-12-21T04:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T04:01:36","slug":"ripple-ceo-rejects-xrp-manipulation-claims-as-price-swings-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=64582","title":{"rendered":"Ripple CEO Rejects XRP Manipulation Claims as Price Swings Hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse pushed back hard against a fresh XRP manipulation claim after the token slid to $1.77 before rebounding toward $1.88 during a choppy December. The move capped a 5% weekly drop. Even though XRP still trades in a higher range since Ripple\u2019s courtroom win over the SEC. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The comments arrive in a market where new XRP futures, ETFs, and a Ripple-backed stablecoin are all reshaping how money flows around the beloved community asset.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"chart crypto-chart-instance\" id=\"crypto_chart_694770a867144\" data-coin-id=\"ripple\">\n<div class=\"chart__header\">\n<div class=\"chart__info\">\n<div class=\"chart__info-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<img id=\"crypto_chart_694770a867144-chart__info-icon-img\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"chart__info-name\" id=\"crypto_chart_694770a867144-chart__info-name\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-symbol\" id=\"crypto_chart_694770a867144-chart__info-symbol\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-current\">\n<div class=\"chart__info-price\" id=\"crypto_chart_694770a867144-chart__info-price\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-change\" id=\"crypto_chart_694770a867144-chart__info-change\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-extra\">\n<div class=\"chart__info-label\">Market Cap<\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__info-marketcap\" id=\"crypto_chart_694770a867144-chart__info-marketcap\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__controls\">\n<div class=\"chart__controls-group\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--24h\" id=\"crypto_chart_694770a867144-btn-24h\">24h<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--7d\" id=\"crypto_chart_694770a867144-btn-7d\">7d<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--30d\" id=\"crypto_chart_694770a867144-btn-30d\">30d<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--1y\" id=\"crypto_chart_694770a867144-btn-1y\">1y<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"chart__button chart__button--all-time\" id=\"crypto_chart_694770a867144-btn-all-time\">All Time<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"chart__container\">\n\t\t<canvas class=\"chart__canvas\" id=\"crypto_chart_694770a867144-cryptoChart\"><\/canvas>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><b>What Exactly Did Ripple\u2019s CEO Say About XRP Price Control?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Garlinghouse told CNN that \u201cnobody is in a position to manipulate XRP prices.\u201d he noted that XRP trades with multi\u2011billion\u2011dollar daily volume and tracks the crypto market rather than Ripple\u2019s internal decisions. He said XRP is now too big and too liquid for one actor, Ripple\u2019s backend included, to move it like a tiny micro\u2011cap coin.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">XRP CANNOT BE MANIPULATED.<\/p>\n<p>Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, says there is nobody in a position to manipulate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/XRP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">#XRP<\/a> price. Transparent markets. Real UTILITY. Organic DEMAND.<\/p>\n<p>The game is cleaner than they want you to believe. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/78uNNs3JEq\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/78uNNs3JEq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Squire (@TheCryptoSquire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheCryptoSquire\/status\/2001808950316961925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">December 19, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Think of liquidity like the size of the swimming pool. A small bucket of water can change the level in a kiddie pool, but not in an Olympic one. Garlinghouse said low\u2011liquidity tokens are vulnerable to pump\u2011and\u2011dump games, but XRP\u2019s scale makes that far harder. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2025\/06\/23\/xrp-reclaims-2-level-after-sharp-sell-off-futures-volume-hits-4b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CoinDesk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, XRP futures volume alone recently ran toward $4 billion during a sharp move, which is not the profile of a thin, easily pushed market. Although it\u2019s dropping now, so does the crypto market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-321122\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/XRP-manipulation-3.jpg\" alt=\"Ripple CEO pushed back against a fresh XRP manipulation claim after the token slid to $1.77 during a choppy December.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/XRP-manipulation-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/XRP-manipulation-3-300x123.jpg 300w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/XRP-manipulation-3-768x314.jpg 768w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/XRP-manipulation-3-50x20.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/p>\n<p>(source \u2013 Ripple Future Volume Today, <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/xrp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>CoinGecko<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He also emphasized that banks using Ripple\u2019s payment technology purchase XRP on the open market, not through undisclosed sweetheart deals. These large buyers often agree to lockup terms so they cannot instantly flip all their tokens back into cash, which helps smooth out sudden dumps. For a beginner, this means institutional players usually face guardrails that you, as a small trader, do not see but still benefit from.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCOVER:\u00a0<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/new-binance-listings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">16+ New and Upcoming Binance Listings in 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><b>How Do Escrow and Regulation Shape XRP\u2019s \u201cManipulation\u201d Risk?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One long\u2011running fear in the XRP community: Ripple owns a huge stash and might \u201cdump\u201d it on the market. Ripple now keeps around 34.4 billion XRP in escrow and 5.1 billion in spendable wallets, releasing 1 billion each month, then relocking most of it. That schedule informs you in advance how much XRP might enter the market, which is important because sudden selling is what usually scares prices the most.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-321121\" src=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/XRP-manipulation-2.jpg\" alt=\"Ripple CEO pushed back against a fresh XRP manipulation claim after the token slid to $1.77 during a choppy December.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/XRP-manipulation-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/XRP-manipulation-2-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/XRP-manipulation-2-768x387.jpg 768w, https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/XRP-manipulation-2-50x25.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><\/p>\n<p>(Source \u2013 <a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/xrpscan.com\/balances\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>XRPSCAN<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Garlinghouse said Ripple usually keeps only about 200 million XRP per month for operations and returns the rest to escrow. He admitted in an older <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Financial Times<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> quote that Ripple would not be cash-flow positive without XRP sales, but he argued that those sales now follow a predictable and transparent pattern. As a beginner, you do not need to love that model, but you at least know the faucet is on a timer, not a random fire hose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Regulation also shifted in Ripple\u2019s favor this year. The SEC dropped its appeal in the long XRP securities case in March 2025, which Garlinghouse called \u201cthe moment we\u2019ve been waiting for,\u201d according to <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.financemagnates.com\/trending\/xrp-on-correction-following-surge-as-ripple-ceo-declares-victory-over-sec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Finance Magnates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. New York regulators then approved Ripple\u2019s dollar\u2011pegged stablecoin RLUSD, as reported by <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barrons.com\/articles\/xrp-ripple-crypto-trump-a24dfb63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Barron\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and XRP futures and <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/altcoins\/cme-adds-xrp-and-solana-futures-that-trade-like-spot-why-it-matters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">XRP Futures<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> products expanded on major venues. More regulated venues, more watchdogs, and more professional money usually mean less room for old\u2011school manipulation tricks.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This December marks five years since the SEC lawsuit against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ripple?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@Ripple<\/a> began. Back then, many in the crypto community laughed and didn\u2019t expect it would lead to real legal clarity for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/XRP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">#XRP<\/a>. But here we are, half a decade later, witnessing how that challenge helped shape a more\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bIpXrBP0qU\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/bIpXrBP0qU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 X-Art <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2600.png\" alt=\"\u2600\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em; max-height: 1em;\"> (@Dogeh8er) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dogeh8er\/status\/1996983278314848465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">December 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><b>What does this mean for XRP buyers worried about getting \u201cdumped on\u201d?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For everyday buyers, the real risk is not a secret Ripple switch that nukes the price. The risk is plain old crypto volatility. XRP still dropped around 8% in a week, despite all the structure surrounding it, and sharp wicks down to levels like $1.77 will continue to occur. XRP trades on emotion, news, derivatives, and ETF flows like any large crypto, not on a guaranteed up\u2011only script.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New ETF products and <\/span><a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/altcoins\/crypto-market-news-today-december-18-bitcoin-needs-to-defend-its-last-price-line-ethereum-lags-xrp-crypto-etfs-flows-green\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">XRP ETF Flows<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> bring more institutional buyers and sellers into the game. That can tighten spreads and improve price discovery, but it also means big funds can exit fast when conditions change. More volume does not remove risk. It just changes who sits across the table from you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you already hold XRP, this story should reassure you about transparency, not convince you to double down. Treat XRP like a high\u2011risk altcoin with improving regulation, not like a bank deposit. Size positions modestly, avoid margins, and never use money you need for the next 3\u20136 months of living costs. The XRP story now revolves less around courtroom drama and more around how it behaves as a large, liquid asset in a still\u2011wild crypto market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The next phase for XRP will hinge on how new futures, ETFs, and stablecoin products shape demand during the next crypto cycle. If you stay curious, size your bets carefully, and track how Ripple sticks to its escrow rules, you can ride that story without handing the market a chance to wreck your budget.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCOVER:\u00a0<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/cryptocurrency\/next-100x-crypto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\">10+ Next Coin to 100X In 2025<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Follow 99Bitcoins on<a class=\"general-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/99BitcoinsHQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">X For the Latest Market Updates<\/a> and subscribe on YouTube For The Expert Market Analysis<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/news\/altcoins\/ripple-ceo-rejects-xrp-manipulation-claims-as-price-swings-hit\/\">Ripple CEO Rejects XRP Manipulation Claims as Price Swings Hit<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/99bitcoins.com\/\">99Bitcoins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse pushed back hard against a fresh XRP manipulation claim after the token slid to $1.77 before rebounding toward $1.88 during a choppy December. The move capped a 5% weekly drop. Even though XRP still trades in a higher range since Ripple\u2019s courtroom win over the SEC. 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