There's a new player in the cryptocurrency space. Ripple XRP is now up more than 90 percent over the past couple days. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse explains what drove the growth of this digital asset.
Garlinghouse says it is critical to understand the ultimate value of an asset will be dictated by the value and utility it creates. So if you are solving a real problem for customers at scale you will have a lot of demand.
The excitement around cryptocurrency is separating the signal from the noise says Garlinghouse. He says its important to recognize the reality in solving a real problem with real customers. Ripple is using blockchain technology to solve a cross-border payments problem says Garlinghouse.
Stocks dipped Friday morning after the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury crossed 5% for the first time in 16 years and also following Fed Chair Jerome Powell's remarks on Thursday.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that inflation remains too high and that bringing it down to the Fed's target level will likely require a slower-growing economy and job market.
