SINGAPORE – Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of crypto firm Ripple Labs, said on the Apex 2025 convention that he stays bullish on stablecoins – a sentiment he mentioned is strengthened by the current blockbuster Circle preliminary public providing (IPO).
“Circle IPO’s clearly went very properly. That is a mirrored image of investor curiosity in crypto, each establishments and retail. The monetary future shall be blockchain-based,” Garlinghouse mentioned at Apex 2025, the most important annual XRPL summit.
Garlinghouse mentioned that one issue within the success of Circle’s IPO is the market’s elementary perception that the GENIUS Act – the U.S. stablecoin laws – will go.
As CoinDesk beforehand reported, the GENIUS Act, a stablecoin regulatory invoice, is poised for imminent Senate passage with bipartisan help, probably transferring to the Home and changing into regulation by August recess.
“Regulatory headwinds have now grow to be tailwinds within the U.S., and that is good for the worldwide panorama,” Garlinghouse continued. “It is not deregulation that we would like, and we’re asking for clear regulation, and progress is clear.”
Different jurisdictions have additionally just lately handed stablecoin laws, reminiscent of Hong Kong. Korea’s new administration is additionally mentioned to be engaged on a stablecoin invoice.
Garlinghouse declined to touch upon a possible Ripple-Circle merger or acquisition.
Apex continues in Singapore by Wednesday.
