On Sunday, Fox Enterprise Community Senior Correspondent Charles Gasparino began feuding with the “XRP Military”as soon as once more.
In a collection of blistering posts on X (previously Twitter), Gasparino took goal on the intelligence of retail buyers holding the token. The controversial host has questioned whether or not they notice they’re ostensibly serving as exit liquidity for Ripple executives.
Setting apart the idiocy of you holding XRP considering youre getting wealthy, how a lot did Brad Garlinghouse and the gang revenue off of your idiocy? Unhappy Ha!
— Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) January 3, 2026
The newest flare-up started when Gasparino responded to a person concerning the monetary logic of holding the asset. “Setting apart the idiocy of you holding XRP considering you’re getting wealthy,” Gasparino wrote, “how a lot did Brad Garlinghouse and the gang revenue off of your idiocy? Unhappy Ha!”
The Fox Information host has doubled down on the narrative in one other tweet. “Do not you would like [SEC Chair] Jay [Clayton] made Ripple individuals disclose how a lot cash they made on XRP when you misplaced all that cash?” he taunted. “You actually make this simple.”
“Cult of bagholders”
Gasparino, who has beforehand claimed credit score for placing the XRP neighborhood “on the map in a mainstream approach,” has spent the higher a part of late 2025 and early 2026 sparring with neighborhood stalwarts.
The tv persona has steadily characterised the neighborhood as a “cult of bagholders,” participating in weird, particular spats with outstanding accounts. In interactions with XRP influencer Mr. Huber (@Leerzeit), whom Gasparino refers to as “Mr. Germany,” the host mocked the person’s buying energy relative to the token’s efficiency.
“Each time Mr. Germany doesn’t have cash for a bratwurst or a little bit schnitzel as a result of he misplaced all of it on $XRP this clown reveals up on my timeline,” Gasparino tweeted in late November. “Sorry this isn’t serving to XRP cult of bagholders wealthy; so far as administration’s involved, they’ve already cashed out.”
The vitriol comes amidst a interval of worth volatility for the asset, which Gasparino described just lately as “flailing” and “getting completely crushed.”
The XRP Military steadily accuses the journalist of bias or carrying water for SEC pursuits. Gasparino maintains his function is that of a actuality checker.
XRP’s underwhelming 12 months
2025 was alleged to be the “golden 12 months” for XRP. Following the SEC settlement in Might, the token staged a large rally, hitting an all-time excessive of roughly $3.65 in July. The euphoria was deafening, with predictions of double-digit costs flooding the timeline.
Nevertheless, since that July peak, XRP has bled out practically 45% of its worth, languishing across the $2.00 vary via late 2025 and into early 2026.
Gasparino has seized on this “round-trip” worth motion to characterize the neighborhood as “bagholders.” Again in November, Gasparino tweeted that XRP was |getting completely crushed.”
