{"id":27574,"date":"2026-05-05T10:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/ripples-david-schwartz-reveals-he-is-nearly-all-in-on-xrp\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T10:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:36:24","slug":"ripples-david-schwartz-reveals-he-is-nearly-all-in-on-xrp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/ripples-david-schwartz-reveals-he-is-nearly-all-in-on-xrp\/","title":{"rendered":"Ripple\u2019s David Schwartz reveals he is nearly all in on XRP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p><strong>Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz said on May 5, 2026, that his remaining crypto exposure is now almost fully tied to XRP and Ripple equity.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_b075eceb71947db930c15e872206f9d6\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>David Schwartz said he has virtually no crypto exposure left beyond XRP and Ripple equity.<\/li>\n<li>Schwartz said his XRP-heavy position was not fully planned, despite his long role at Ripple.<\/li>\n<li>He also said diversification can be rational when investors cannot clearly identify future winners.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>His <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoelKatz\/status\/2051385388489662933\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">comment<\/a> came during a fresh online discussion about investment choices and XRP loyalty. Schwartz wrote: \u201cYeah, that\u2019s true now. I have virtually no crypto exposure left except XRP and Ripple.\u201d He also said the position was not fully planned, adding: \u201cI\u2019m not sure I really planned it that way, though.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>Despite his concentrated exposure, Schwartz did not present XRP-only investing as a general rule. He said diversification can make sense when an investor believes a sector may grow but cannot yet identify the clear winners.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s rational to spread investment throughout a space if you think that space is likely to be successful in the future and don\u2019t believe that you can personally pick the winners and the losers yet,\u201d He wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His comments place his personal portfolio apart from his broader market view. Schwartz said he now holds little crypto outside XRP, but his explanation showed that he still sees a case for spreading risk across a sector.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Recent XRP debates add context<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The comment followed several recent debates involving Schwartz, XRP expectations and older public posts. As noted in our May 3 coverage, Schwartz denied claims that a gag order or non-disclosure agreement controls his comments about Ripple or XRP. He said no NDA forces him to mislead the XRP community.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Schwartz also questioned extreme XRP price forecasts. He argued that if wealthy investors saw even a small chance of XRP reaching $10,000, they would likely push the price much higher today.<\/p>\n<p>As outlined in our May 1 article, Schwartz said old XRP comments about liquidity were not a promise of future price levels. He said the debate was about market depth and transaction size, not a guaranteed target.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Old comments remain in focus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In our April 27 update, we covered Schwartz\u2019s response to claims that he misled XRP holders with a 2017 discussion about XRP price and liquidity. He said the post explained how liquidity works when large transfers move through a market.<\/p>\n<p>As highlighted in our April 24 article, Schwartz also rejected claims that XRP has hidden government or central bank deals. He said Ripple\u2019s non-disclosure agreements relate to normal business activity, not secret XRP adoption plans.<\/p>\n<p>At press time, Ripple\u2019s native token (XRP) traded at around $1.4, up slightly in the past 24 hours and over 1% in the past 7 days (per crypto.news data)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: crypto.news<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz said on May 5, 2026, that his remaining crypto exposure is now almost fully tied to XRP and Ripple equity.\u00a0 Summary David Schwartz said he&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27575,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27574\/revisions\/27575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}