According to Cointelegraph, rumors have started circulating on social media about RippleLabsCEOBrad Garlinghouse's recent meeting with President elect Trump, and the company and Garlinghouse are facing criticism from industry executives. Regarding these rumors, former Messari CEO and founder Ryan Selkis commented, "Brad Garlinghouse is vigorously promoting the deployment of XRP and CBDC." Pierre Rochard, Vice President of Research at Riot Platforms, forwarded Selkis' comments. Rochard agrees with Selkis' viewpoint and writes, 'We cannot let Ripple use their inverse Bitcoin agenda to influence the policy-making process in the United States,' and hopes that Trump can appoint more Bitcoin supporters to his government. It is rumored that Garlinghouse's meeting with Trump was one of the catalysts for the recent rise in XRP. @gyomei