Ripple executives are rejecting the read that Democrats’ midterm sweep amounts to a defeat for digital assets, arguing that industry-friendly candidates won on both sides of the ballot and that the push for federal rules will outlast any one election cycle.

In a post on X on Wednesday, CEO Brad Garlinghouse wrote that “pro-crypto members won on both sides of the aisle” and that the roughly 67 million Americans who use crypto “aren’t going anywhere.” He closed with a line aimed at the incoming legislature: “New Congress, with the same mission: clear rules, built in America.”

The message landed the morning after Democrats secured both the House and Senate, a result that many in the industry had feared would stall a regulatory framework…