Ripple, Stellar Show Up In New Epstein Files, Ex-CTO Schwartz Reacts
Ripple and Stellar were pulled into a fresh round of social-media speculation this weekend after newly surfaced emails from the Epstein document release appeared to reference the two projects in a 2014 investor dispute. Former Ripple CTO David Schwartz pushed back publicly, saying he knows of no direct links between Epstein and either network, and […]
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Ripple could be forced to burn its entire XRP holdings if the community votes for it, the company’s CTO David Schwartz has confirmed. Ripple chief technology officer David Schwartz has admitted the company could be forced by validators to burn its 48 billion XRP tokens, regardless of if it agrees with the decision or not.The company currently holds half the total XRP supply and has come under fire from the community for selling off tokens in the past, although it resolutely refuted claims of price manipulation and has stopped the practice in recent times.In a Twitter thread, Schwartz....
Bitcoin veteran Adam Back moved to shut down a fresh round of allegations after newly circulated “Epstein files” excerpts and screenshots reignited claims that Jeffrey Epstein intersected with Blockstream during the company’s earliest fundraising. Back’s response on X framed the episode as a brief, indirect touchpoint routed through MIT Media Lab and its former director, […]
Ripple chief technology officer David “JoelKatz” Schwartz has resurfaced a years-long thread of speculation around Bitcoin’s origins and his own pre-Ripple work with US government agencies, clarifying once again that he neither possessed “high level” intelligence nor claims special insight into Satoshi Nakamoto’s identity—while acknowledging that a US intelligence provenance for Bitcoin is “not a […]
In the latest XRP news, Ripple is reportedly partnering with Stellar as both firms look to revolutionize the payments industry. This came as crypto pundit ProfRippl highlighted the link between both firms through the International Rescue Committee (IRC). Ripple Reportedly Working With Stellar In an X post, ProfRippl revealed that Ripple and Stellar are working […]