Ripple CEO Warns of Rising YouTube Scams Targeting XRP Community

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has warned that scammers are impersonating Ripple’s official account on YouTube and deceiving the XRP community. This comes amid a significant uptick in crypto-related hacks and scams, with losses exceeding $2 billion in the first half of 2025 alone. Scammers Impersonate Ripple on YouTube, Promoting Fake XRP Reward Events XRP community member Xtina George flagged the scam in a post on X (formerly Twitter). She revealed that bad actors are using YouTube accounts with a large following of around 176,000 subscribers to promote a fraudulent 100 million XRP reward event source: https://beincrypto.com/ripple-ceo-warns-of-youtube-xrp-scam/