{"id":68279,"date":"2026-01-19T07:31:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T07:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=68279"},"modified":"2026-01-19T07:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T07:31:32","slug":"hoskinson-blasts-ripple-ceo-garlinghouse-in-fresh-public-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=68279","title":{"rendered":"Hoskinson Blasts Ripple CEO Garlinghouse In Fresh Public Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson took aim at Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse in a January 18, 2026 video, criticizing what he framed as an industry push to accept the US Clarity Act on terms that would expand the Securities and Exchange Commission\u2019s authority over new projects.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Jan 18, Hoskinson used a wide-ranging monologue<\/a> on market fatigue, industry morale, and the mission behind Cardano and Midnight<\/a> to zero in on a regulatory flashpoint: a bill he described as swollen by \u201c137 amendments\u201d and tilted toward the SEC. In his telling, the proposal would force crypto projects to \u201cgo beg and plead\u201d for relief, with \u201call new projects\u201d treated as securities by default.<\/p>\n

Why Hoskinson Blasted Ripple CEO Garlinghouse<\/h2>\n

Hoskinson argued that the outcome would be a strategic own-goal, worse, in his view, than the policy uncertainty<\/a> the industry has been trying to escape. \u201cHow is that any better than what Scary Gary [Gensler] gave us under Biden?\u201d he said, referring to the SEC\u2019s enforcement action against the crypto industry under former US President Joe Biden, before extending the critique to lobbying and political dealmaking more broadly.<\/p>\n

Hoskinson\u2019s sharpest remarks came when he cited unnamed industry figures he suggested are urging compromise, then called out Garlinghouse directly. \u201cStill got people like Brad [Garlinghouse] saying well it\u2019s not perfect but we just got to get something,\u201d he said. \u201cYou know, it\u2019s better than no clarity. Hand it to the same people who sued us. Hand it to the same people who put us out of business, who subpoenaed us, who put us in jail. That\u2019s better. That\u2019s what we fought for.\u201d<\/p>\n

He then framed the decision as effectively irreversible once legislated, invoking the long life of US securities law to argue that a flawed framework would calcify. \u201cAnd tell me, how do we change it? Like we changed the Securities Exchange Act of 1933,\u201d Hoskinson said. \u201c93 years later, have we been able to change it? No. You pass it, you own it forever. Sorry, Brad. It\u2019s not better than chaos. Take the chaos and fight for what\u2019s right. Fight for integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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How about focusing on helping shape the Clarity Bill instead of crashing out on Brad for no reason, Charles? pic.twitter.com\/3jDHUiEbNp<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Vet (@Vet_X0) January 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While the Garlinghouse jab was the most explicit, Hoskinson placed it inside a larger narrative: that crypto\u2019s purpose is being reduced to a lobbying-driven contest for acceptable market access rather than an attempt to redesign how value and identity are handled online.<\/p>\n

He argued that the industry is at risk of normalizing a world of \u201ccustodial wallet\u201d defaults, pervasive KYC, and reversible transactions, outcomes he associated with legacy power structures rather than the original \u201crevolution\u201d ethos.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t sign up to hand the revolution to 15 banks,\u201d he said, describing a future where transactions can be \u201cfrozen at a whim.\u201d Hoskinson linked those concerns to a broader critique of technological surveillance and what he called the loss of individual \u201cagency,\u201d suggesting the industry\u2019s incentive structure is pulling leaders toward comfort and access rather than confrontation.<\/p>\n

The remarks landed amid a separate thread in his talk: a rebuke of what he called \u201ctoxic learned hopelessness\u201d in crypto discourse. Hoskinson said he had stopped using X\/Twitter<\/a>, still broadcasting, but not reading or engaging\u2014arguing that constant outrage and demands for instant announcements distort how long negotiations and product development actually work.<\/p>\n

At press time, XRP traded at $1.95.<\/p>\n

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