{"id":1897,"date":"2026-06-27T10:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T10:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/?p=1897"},"modified":"2026-06-27T10:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T10:23:10","slug":"ripple-ceo-stays-bullish-on-bitcoin-but-says-saylors-strategy-has-hurt-crypto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/?p=1897","title":{"rendered":"Ripple CEO stays bullish on bitcoin but says Saylor&#8217;s strategy has hurt crypto"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"crypto-article\">\n<p>\ud83d\udcf0 <strong>Exclusive Crypto News &#038; Analysis:<\/strong> Stay ahead with the latest developments in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc8 <strong>Market Update:<\/strong> Real-time price movements, technical analysis, and trading signals.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.sanity.io\/images\/s3y3vcno\/production\/aa88d197a760821283650c0b79af293fc0bc0206-1420x916.jpg?fm=jpg&amp;w=1920&amp;h=1080&amp;crop=focalpoint&amp;fit=clip\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said he remains bullish on bitcoin but that Michael Saylor&#8217;s approach to funding bitcoin purchases has damaged the broader crypto market, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/video\/2026\/06\/26\/ripple-ceo-brad-garlinghouse-says-hes-bullish-on-bitcoin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in a CNBC interview<\/a> on Friday, as the preferred stock at the center of Strategy&#8217;s model fell to a record low.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Financial engineering does not drive long-term value,&#8221; Garlinghouse said, arguing that the lasting value of any digital asset comes from its usefulness. &#8220;Team Michael Saylor wasn&#8217;t focused on the right stuff and that has hurt the overall market.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He separated that from his view on the asset itself, saying he is still bullish on bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Garlinghouse&#8217;s target was the machine Strategy has used to accumulate bitcoin. For about a year, the company has issued preferred shares, a class of stock that pays a fixed dividend, to raise cash for more bitcoin. <\/p>\n<p>Its STRC share carries an 11.5% annual dividend and is engineered to trade near $100. Garlinghouse pointed to STRC trading about 25% below that level as a &#8220;damning indictment&#8221; of the strategy. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\ud83d\udca1 <strong>Pro Tip:<\/strong> Bookmark our site for daily insights, market predictions, and expert trading strategies.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 <strong>Explore More:<\/strong> Check our sections for in-depth guides, exchange reviews, and blockchain technology deep-dives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udcf0 Exclusive Crypto News &#038; Analysis: Stay ahead with the latest developments in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space. \ud83d\udcc8 Market Update: Real-time price movements, technical analysis, and trading signals. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said he remains bullish on bitcoin but that Michael Saylor&#8217;s approach to funding bitcoin purchases has damaged the broader crypto market, in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}