• "Cult of bagholders"
• XRP's underwhelming year

On Sunday, Fox Business Network Senior Correspondent Charles Gasparino started feuding with the XRP Army once again.

In a series of blistering posts on X, Gasparino took aim at the intelligence of retail investors holding the token. The controversial host has questioned whether they realize they are ostensibly serving as exit liquidity for Ripple executives.

Setting aside the idiocy of you holding XRP thinking youre getting rich, how much did Brad Garlinghouse and the gang profit off of your idiocy? Sad Ha!

The latest flare-up began when Gasparino responded to a user regarding the financial logic of holding the asset. "Setting aside the idiocy of you holding XRP thinking you’re getting rich," Gasparino wrote, "how much did Brad Garlinghouse and the gang profit off of your idiocy? Sad Ha!"

The Fox News host has doubled down on the narrative in another tweet. "Don't you wish [SEC Chair] Jay [Clayton] made Ripple people disclose how much money they made on XRP while you lost all that money?" he taunted. "You really make this easy."

"Cult of bagholders"

Gasparino, who has previously claimed credit for putting the XRP community "on the map in a mainstream way," has spent the better part of late 2025 and early 2026 sparring with community stalwarts.

You Might Also Like
Fri, 01/02/2026 - 16:42 XRP to $2? What's Left NowByTomiwabold Olajide

The television personality has frequently characterized the community as a "cult of bagholders," engaging in bizarre, specific spats with prominent accounts. In interactions with XRP influencer Mr. Huber (@Leerzeit), whom Gasparino refers to as "Mr. Germany," the host mocked the user’s purchasing power relative to the token's performance.

"Whenever Mr. Germany doesn’t have money for a bratwurst or a little schnitzel because he lost it all on $XRP this clown shows up on my timeline," Gasparino tweeted in late November. "Sorry this isn’t helping XRP cult of bagholders rich; as far as management’s concerned, they’ve already cashed out."

The vitriol comes amid a period of price volatility for the asset, which Gasparino described recently as "flailing" and "getting absolutely crushed."

The XRP Army frequently accuses the journalist of bias or carrying water for SEC interests. Gasparino maintains his role is that of a reality checker.

XRP's underwhelming year

2025 was supposed to be the "golden year" for XRP. Following the SEC settlement in May, the token staged a massive rally, hitting an all-time high of roughly $3.65 in July. The euphoria was deafening, with predictions of double-digit prices flooding the timeline.

However, since that July peak, XRP has bled out nearly 45% of its value, languishing around the $2.00 range through late 2025 and into early 2026.

Gasparino has seized on this "round-trip" price action to characterize the community as "bagholders." Back in November, Gasparino tweeted that XRP was "getting absolutely crushed."

免责声明：本文章仅代表作者个人观点，不代表本平台的立场和观点。本文章仅供信息分享，不构成对任何人的任何投资建议。用户与作者之间的任何争议，与本平台无关。如网页中刊载的文章或图片涉及侵权，请提供相关的权利证明和身份证明发送邮件到support@aicoin.com，本平台相关工作人员将会进行核查。