Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse addressed market rumors at the opening of Swell 2026 that Ripple would scale back its support for XRP and shift focus to its stablecoin RLUSD, stating "we will never give up on XRP" and affirming that Ripple would never take actions it believes would harm the XRP ecosystem. Garlinghouse described XRP's current momentum as "profound," noting that RLUSD is one of the factors driving that momentum and emphasizing that the two assets are complementary rather than competitive.