Odaily Planet Daily News: Rumors began to circulate on social media that Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse recently met with President-elect Trump, and the company and Garlinghouse are facing criticism from industry executives. In response to these rumors, former Messari CEO and founder Ryan Selkis commented: "Brad Garlinghouse is vigorously promoting the deployment of XRP and CBDC." Pierre Rochard, vice president of research at Riot Platforms, retweeted Selkis' comments. Rochard agreed with Selkis's point of view and wrote that "we can't let Ripple influence the US policy-making process with their anti-Bitcoin agenda" and hoped that Trump would appoint more Bitcoin supporters to his administration. Garlinghouse's meeting with Trump is rumored to be one of the catalysts for the recent rise in XRP. In a recent appearance on Fox Business, Garlingouse neither confirmed nor denied the rumors of a meeting with Trump. However, he is confident about the future of the crypto industry under the Trump administration. He also said that he was not surprised that the crypto market reacted positively after Trump's victory on November 5. Garlinghouse pointed to U.S. SEC Chairman Gary Gensler’s hostility toward the industry as a major driving force in suppressing U.S. crypto projects. (Cointelegraph)

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