According to online reports, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse issued a clarification on the X platform that XRP and Ripple shares are completely different. Linqto is an independent company that acquired Ripple shares from some existing shareholders. Ripple was able to confirm that Linqto holds 4.7 million Ripple shares, which should be reassuring. However, Ripple does not know how Linqto manages the participants who sell Ripple shares to it "representative units", so there is no guarantee about Linqto's business practices and how they will handle the matter now. The good news is that the value of Ripple's shares has increased significantly over time, and these shares should generate considerable benefits for "Linqto unitholders."