# David Schwartz Says His Influence on XRP’s Price Is “Very Little”

By Sonny Jang

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Published: 2026-11-12T02:05:09.000Z
Updated: 2026-11-12T02:05:09.000Z
Section: People

> The former Ripple chief technology officer responded to users who held him partly responsible for XRP’s prolonged decline.

Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz said Nov. 7 that he has little influence on XRP’s price, responding to users who blamed him in part for the token’s extended decline.

“Can I honestly say that I have nothing to do with the price of XRP? I guess probably not nothing. But very little,” Schwartz wrote on X.

Schwartz helped design the XRP Ledger, previously served as Ripple’s chief technology officer and remains on the company’s board as CTO emeritus.

He also said he would block users who post crypto-related replies in unrelated conversations, whether critical or supportive. Schwartz said substantive objections in relevant discussions would not lead him to block users. He said he would unblock users who promised not to repeat the behavior and found a way to reach him.