XRP extended a weeklong rally to trade near $1.56 early Friday after Vice President JD Vance fielded a question on national television about whether the government could use a cryptocurrency reserve to help offset the $40 trillion federal debt. While Vance offered no policy commitments, the exchange reignited investor focus on Washington’s stance toward digital assets.
The interview, conducted by Newsmax host Carl Higbie on August 20, put XRP at the center of a fiscal discussion that has been building since President Donald Trump first floated the idea of a national digital asset reserve in March 2025. Higbie recalled that Trump had named bitcoin, XRP, ether, solana and cardano as potential reserve components, then asked Vance whether…