Recode Decode: Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about bringing legitimate financial institutions into the formerly-sketchy world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. In this episode: Garlinghouse's background at Excite@Home, Dialpad, and Yahoo; the "peanut butter manifesto" memo he wrote at Yahoo; moving on to Silver Lake Partners, AOL, and then becoming CEO of Hightail; being recruited to Ripple; the appeal of blockchain and cryptocurrency; working with the banks, not against them; the coming revolution in cross-border transactions; why bitcoin speculators were actually "forward progress"; will there be one cryptocurrency to rule them all?; the "unbanked" people of the world; potential problems facing cryptocurrency; convincing regulators and established banks; why should a big bank like Citi work with Ripple?; who will disrupt the incumbents?; the actual uses of crypto for consumers; and Facebook and tech's responsibility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	When you drive a Chevy electric vehicle, you're getting more than a way to get from point A to point B.
0:06.0	You're saying goodbye to gas stations and how low to open roads.
0:09.0	With the growing network of public charging stations, you'll be able to charge your EV while you shop, work, or do whatever you want to be doing with your time.
0:17.0	Chevy is making EVs for everyone, everywhere. Go to chevrelay.com slash electric to learn more.
0:24.0	Sabotage hired goons and a landfill in Utah.
0:32.0	How Steve Jobs' revolutionary catastrophe of a computer, the Apple Lisa, earned a brief second life, and then was buried for good.
0:42.0	Watch the Verges documentary, Lisa's final act, now on YouTube.
0:48.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Editor-at-large of Reco.
0:52.0	You may know me as someone who traded all my Bitcoin for a pair of cool sunglasses because you can't wear Bitcoin,
0:57.0	but in my spare time I talk tech and you're listening to Reco Decode from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
1:02.0	Today in the red chair I'm so excited to have Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple.
1:07.0	I knew him when he was other things, but now he's the CEO of Ripple, which is an online exchange for tokens representing Fiat currency, cryptocurrency, commodities, and more.
1:15.0	He previously was CEO of Hytale, that was a bad period, wasn't it?
1:19.0	That was a wind in your face trying to turn something around.
1:22.0	All right, well that description is a ripple.
1:24.0	How would you describe it? You described it in exchange.
1:27.0	How would you describe it?
1:29.0	Ripple is effectively an enterprise software company selling blockchain and crypto technologies to banks, payment providers, financial institutions globally to solve a cross-border payments problem.
1:41.0	Oh, that's well done. Very nice. Very nice.
1:43.0	So we're going to talk about your journey, Brad, because let's talk.
1:46.0	Thank you for correcting me immediately. That's a nice thing for you to do.
1:49.0	So let's go through your history because I think people know you from a lot of other things, right?
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vox Media Podcast Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vox Media Podcast Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.