- XRP community member referenced Brad Garlinghouse’s statements in an interview to shed light on FTX’s debt to Ripple.
- Garlinghouse, in the interview, confirmed that Ripple leased $10 million worth of XRP tokens to FTX before its collapse.
- Community members noted that Ripple’s Singapore subsidiary wants to recover the assets.
In a recent post on X, an XRP community member referenced a January interview where Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse disclosed a $10 million lease exposure to the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX. The post from the user follows growing speculations in the community around Ripple’s claims to FTX assets.
In the said interview with CNBC, Garlinghouse confirmed that the San Francisco-based company was exposed to FTX, which collapsed last year. Under its leasing business, Garlinghouse said around $10 million worth of XRP was given to the bankrupt crypto exchange.
According to the CEO, the $10 million worth of XRP represents around 1% of Ripple’s liquid assets and is why the company wasn’t affected by the collapse. “I am hopeful that through the bankruptcy process, we get all of it back. But it is not too consequential to business,” …
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