Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has formally joined the CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee, a development that carries more regulatory significance than a White House photograph showing him beside President Donald Trump. The official gallery identifies the Aug. 19 committee launch as taking place in the Roosevelt Room, not the Oval Office. The committee appointment comes as Garlinghouse supports the CLARITY Act and the Trump administration pursues clearer digital-asset rules. XRP traded around $1.45 on Sept. 4 after rising roughly 7.4% the previous day, with U.S. XRP ETFs extending an 11-session inflow streak; Sept. 3 inflows were reported at $6.14 million, reversing a $7.20 million outflow a day earlier, while cumulative inflows reached $1.68 billion.