XRP Community Convenes at Crypto Event, Ripple CEO Comments

XRP holders, builders and creators hosted a community night event at the ongoing ETHDenver event, one that has attracted the attention of Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse on X.

The ETHDenver event marks a Web3 BUIDLathon and Innovation Festival convening over 25,000 builders and creators in the crypto industry, scheduled from Feb. 18 to 21, 2026.

Reacting to an X user’s post about the XRP community night Denver gathering, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse tweeted: “love to see it.”

Speaking about the XRP community night Denver gathering, RippleX describes it as a “great evening with the community” while appreciating everyone who joined the event.

Earlier this month, Ripple hosted a successful XRP community day event that convened builders, creators and partners in the XRP Ledger ecosystem.

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XRP Ledger users should add Ripple’s package-signing GPG key and then verify the fingerprint of the newly-added key.

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