Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse expressed optimism for 2026 as Flare CEO Hugo Philion targets $5 billion in XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) staked on Flare by mid-2026 through direct XRP Ledger integration.
The ‘Flip The Switch’ Explanation
Garlinghouse addressed the XRP community’s “flip the switch” narrative at the Sydney conference, explaining there’s no single master trigger event.
“There’s not one switch. There’s a hundred switches. There’s a thousand switches,” he said.
He explained progress comes from hundreds of small steps.
Each development may seem minor individually, but together they create exponential impact. “It’s taken a little longer in some cases.
On the other hand, we’ve made so much progress, and you’re seeing more and more of these little switches flip.”
Garlinghouse expressed optimism for 2026 and …