Ripple’s leadership leaned into community building ahead of XRP Community Day, a two day event set for Feb. 11 and 12 built around three live X Spaces conversations. Ripple is using the moment to keep community energy high while steering attention toward its official roadmap. CEO Brad Garlinghouse posted a photo of himself signing an exclusive merch drop for the XRP community, describing it as a perk for people who tune in and engage.
If you weren’t already excited enough for XRP Community Day tomorrow…we’re also introducing an exclusive merch drop! @joelkatz sadly wasn’t available to sign a few, so guess folks will have to make do with me 😏
Make sure you tune into XRP Community Day (hosted on X Spaces via… pic.twitter.com/MqyMidn4NY
— Brad Garlinghouse (@bgarlinghouse) February 10, 2026
Policy Signal Meets Community Activation
Garlinghouse said XRPL cofounder and former CTO David Schwarz was not available to add his autograph, making the signed items a Garlinghouse only surprise. The merch angle is lightweight, but it reinforces a deliberate playbook of direct touchpoints with holders. The company also pointed to an official event post that framed the sessions as a place for XRP holders, builders, institutions, and Ripple leaders to connect.
The same event post said the discussions will review regulated XRP based products such as ETFs and other ETPs, while previewing newly developed features aimed at expanding XRP’s utility. Ripple is positioning the agenda as a blend of product delivery and market access, not just community celebration. Speakers listed include Garlinghouse, Schwarz, chief legal officer Stuart Alderoty, and Ripple president Monica Long, with partners from EMEA, the Americas, and APAC expected to join the conversations.
Productive session at the White House today – compromise is in the air. Clear, bipartisan momentum remains behind sensible crypto market structure legislation. We should move now – while the window is still open – and deliver a real win for consumers and America.
— Stuart Alderoty (@s_alderoty) February 10, 2026
Alongside the community rollout, Alderoty used the window to highlight policy movement in Washington. Alderoty’s White House update frames market structure legislation as an execution item, not a distant policy wish. He wrote that he joined what he called a productive session at the White House focused on the Clarity Act and related topics, including stablecoin yields, and said compromise was in the air.
Alderoty argued there is clear, bipartisan momentum behind sensible crypto market structure legislation and urged lawmakers to move now while the window is still open. By pairing policy urgency with Community Day programming, Ripple is signaling it wants regulation and adoption to advance in parallel. He cast the outcome as a win for consumers and for America, tying the push to the current crypto friendly U.S. presidential administration and the goal of reaffirming U.S. leadership and giving builders and institutions clearer lines for compliant participation in the market today as debates over stablecoin yields continue.
