Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse declared victory after the SEC officially ended its years-long fight against the company. Why this matters: • XRP now has one of the clearest legal positions in crypto • The SEC has dropped multiple major crypto cases in 2025 • The CLARITY Act could soon turn XRP's court victory into formal federal law POV: This is bigger than just Ripple. The entire US crypto market is shifting from "regulation by enforcement" toward a clearer legal framework. For XRP specifically, the biggest narrative is no longer survival — it's whether institutions begin treating XRP as fully regulatory-safe infrastructure for payments and tokenization.