Ripple Ex-CTO David Schwartz Reveals How Much XRP, Ethereum, and Bitcoin He Owns

Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz says he has cut his XRP holdings from about 26 million tokens to roughly 3 million. The XRP Ledger co-creator also holds just 1 Bitcoin (BTC) and 6 Ethereum (ETH), down from about 1,500 BTC and 40,000 ETH. A viral post on X called Schwartz the founder of Ripple and framed the news as a shock. In fact, he sold gradually over the years, co-created the ledger and still sits on Ripple’s board after stepping back as CTO in 2025. For XRP holders, the more telling detail is what he kept. Schwartz still owns quite a bit of Ripple stock, a stake in the company rather than the token.

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