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Former Ripple CTO says he accumulated lots of company stock early, holdings undisclosed
David Schwartz, Ripple\'s former chief technology officer, said he secured a significant amount of Ripple stock in the company’s early days. He made the remark on X after questions about the size of his retirement compensation following the disclosure of his XRP holdings. Schwartz did not disclose how much stock he owned, what price he paid or how much he still holds. Ripple’s valuation has risen in recent months.
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XRP origin dispute: Ripple former CTO says real start was 2012
David Schwartz, former chief technology officer of Ripple, drew a line under a long-running dispute over XRP’s origins, rejecting claims that XRP was created before bitcoin or that Canadian programmer Ryan Fugger was its founder. Schwartz said XRP’s history began in 2012, after Chris Larsen and Jed McCaleb acquired RipplePay and the OpenCoin team rebuilt the technology. Others also dismissed attempts to link a 1988 U.S. patent filed by Schwartz to XRP.
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Evernode CEO recalls early days of XRP
Evernode CEO Ashish Birla (애시시 벌라) said XRP is returning to a foundation-layer role in the global financial system. In an interview with an XRPL Foundation official, he outlined XRP’s early development and Evernode’s business plans ahead of a Nasdaq listing under the ticker XRPN. Birla said Evernode plans to launch regulated DeFi products using the XRP Ledger and said it holds 473 million XRP on its balance sheet.
