Rare moment where my professional and personal worlds collide: XRP is now the first crypto on the jersey of a major college athletics program, at my alma mater.
XRP Family, meet the Jayhawks. Rock Chalk!
@michaelhammond_ Actually i think people that blow a gasket over slow play need to just get over themselves, too many people out there that think their sh!t don’t stink is the real problem.
RFK Jr: "Tony Fauci knew that remdesivir would kill you."
"He knew that because in 2019 he tried to use it for Ebola, and within five days of treatment it gave lethal side effect to 54% of the people."
"It is homicide."
🚨BREAKING: White House Crypto Chief Says “Bitcoin Is Not XRP” — and “Tens of Trillions Are Coming by The Year End” at Ripple Swell🇺🇸🚀
This might’ve been the most electric interview of @Ripple Swell 2025. Ripple CEO @bgarlinghouse sat across from @patrickjwitt Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisers for Digital Assets, for a raw, high-level conversation that connected the dots between Washington, Ripple, and the next phase of crypto policy in America. Let's go over it 👇🏼
💥 “Bitcoin is not $XRP — and the market’s going to the tens of trillions.”
Brad asked Witt point-blank where crypto is headed next. Witt didn’t hesitate:
“Before the end of the year, the President wants the Market Structure Bill on his desk. After that, we’re talking about a market worth tens of trillions, with stablecoins proliferating across the globe.”
Then came the quote that turned heads:
“People need to understand — Bitcoin is not XRP. $XRP is not Ethereum. These are different assets serving different roles in the financial system.”
He described it as the decade when blockchain and traditional finance finally fuse, adding:
“The companies that will reshape the world of finance probably don’t even exist yet.”
Brad grinned: “Ripple’s been building the foundation for that moment.”
🗽 From crackdown to clarity — the U.S. flips the script
Witt didn’t sugarcoat the past:
“The previous administration turned crypto into a political issue. They thought if they buried it, it would disappear. It didn’t — it just flourished somewhere else.”
Now, he said, the mission is simple:
“President Trump wants to make the United States the dominant player in crypto again.”
And the playbook is already underway:
✅ The Genius Act — stabilized the stablecoin sector and restored confidence
🏛️ The Market Structure Bill — the next big one, targeting passage before year-end.
📈 Regulatory clarity = acquisition wave
Brad brought up Ripple’s buying spree — GTreasury, Palisade, and more.
Witt connected the dots:
“During the Biden years, there were almost no big crypto acquisitions. This quarter alone? Ninety-five. That’s what happens when you have regulatory certainty. Traditional institutions finally feel safe stepping in.”
He called it a “bullish indicator of maturity” — the moment when crypto stopped being speculative and started being structural.
⚙️ The White House Shutdown is Actually Helping Crypto
When Brad mentioned the record government shutdown, Witt laughed:
“It’s ironic, but it’s actually helping. Senators have fewer other meetings, so we’ve had more time to work with their staffs on crypto legislation.”
Instead of slowing progress, the shutdown gave the White House’s crypto council more direct access to lawmakers.
“We’re still full steam ahead — every day, morning to night,” Witt said.
🤝 On tribalism — “We either hang together, or we hang separately.”
Witt warned that division is a bigger risk than regulation itself:
“We’ll never get a perfect bill. But if we can get to 80% yes, we win. The industry needs unity — or it risks hanging separately.”
Brad agreed instantly:
“Exactly. Ripple’s whole mission has been about connection, not competition.”
“Once this framework is in place, the floodgates open. The industry is going to scale into the tens of trillions — and the United States will lead it.” 🚀
A MUST WATCH!
Aaron Siri just revealed that a vaccinated vs. unvaccinated study from Henry Ford Medical Center was buried because it showed unvaccinated children were healthier.
“Del Bigtree and I met with Dr. Marcus Zervos, head of infectious disease at Henry Ford Medical Center.”
“He was pro-vaccine, running clinical trials.”
“We argued this was the chance to shut the anti-vaxxers up about their claim that unvaccinated children are healthier.”
“To our surprise, he agreed to conduct the study.”
“Dr. Zervos recruited a chief epidemiologist and two statisticians. These were mainstream scientists with orthodox views about vaccines.”
“The study compared children enrolled at Henry Ford from 2000 to 2016 from birth onward — unvaccinated children versus those who received one or more vaccines.”
“It was based on actual medical records.”
“Vaccinated children had 4.29x the rate of asthma, 3.03x the rate of atopic disease, 5.96x the rate of autoimmune disease, 5.53x the rate of neurodevelopmental disorders, including 3.28x developmental delay and 4.47x speech disorder.”
“ADHD: 262 cases in the vaccinated group. Zero in the unvaccinated group.”
“All of these findings were statistically significant.”
“After 10 years, 57% of vaccinated children had a chronic health issue — often multiple, only 17% of unvaccinated children did.”
“Had it found vaccinated kids were healthier, it would have been published immediately. Because it found the opposite, it was shoved in a drawer.”
“The findings didn’t fit the policy that vaccines are safe.”
“We urged the researchers to submit it. They admitted the study was well-designed and conducted. But Dr. Zervos said he didn’t want to lose his job. Another said she didn’t want to make doctors uncomfortable.”
“This is a real-world example of how the science around vaccines gets corrupted — how only studies that confirm the belief that vaccines are safe get published. Everything else gets shoved in a drawer.”
Pediatricians typically earn $200–$600 per fully vaccinated patient, with some making more than $1 million annually.
Definitely no conflict of interest there. 😳
Honoring the greatest Nebraska PGA Player of All Time 🐐
To kick off our Section Championship during our Centennial year, we recognized Jim White, PGA MP and his tremendous career.
🔹 13 Section Championship victories
🔹 12 Senior Championship victories
🔹 19-time Nebraska Player of the Year
🔹 30 appearances in the @PGA Professional Championship