RLUSD Is Not Coming for XRP: Garlinghouse Clarifies Ripple’s Bigger XRPL Vision as Trader Spots Setup Behind 71% Price Explosion

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said in a Nov. 3, 2026 post on X that RLUSD is designed to rival other stablecoins rather than XRP, and that he wants RLUSD use cases running on the XRP Ledger. He was responding to XRP community researcher WrathofKahneman, who said RLUSD could add ledger liquidity but warned that its price impact could be indirect without direct XRP demand. Separately, crypto analyst Ali Charts identified a tight squeeze in Bollinger Bands, a volatility signal, on XRP’s four-hour chart and a break above the upper band, noting a similar setup preceded a 71% rally in three days. XRP was around $1.16, below its $3.65 all-time high, and a repeat of that rally would imply about $2.19.