{"id":50363,"date":"2025-09-30T20:01:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T20:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=50363"},"modified":"2025-09-30T20:01:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T20:01:31","slug":"ripple-cto-steps-down-accepts-new-offer-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=50363","title":{"rendered":"Ripple CTO Steps Down, Accepts New Offer \u2013 What You Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>In a surprising development for the blockchain payments company Ripple, Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz has announced his decision to step down from his role.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Schwartz\u2019s Future Plans<\/h2>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoelKatz\/status\/1973094940646449169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">post <\/a>on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Schwartz shared his intention to transition away from his day-to-day responsibilities at Ripple by the end of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite stepping back from his executive role, Schwartz made it clear that he intends to remain an active participant in the XRP community. \u201cYou haven\u2019t seen the last of me,\u201d he assured his followers, hinting at future projects and endeavors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few months, he has been exploring new avenues by setting up his own XRP Ledger (XRPL) node, researching alternative use cases for XRP beyond Ripple\u2019s core operations, and engaging directly with the developer community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In his message, Schwartz also took the opportunity to express gratitude to his colleagues, including Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and co-founder Monica Long, whom he described as the \u201cvery soul of Ripple.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Schwartz Set To Join Ripple\u2019s Board Of Directors<\/h2>\n<p>Garlinghouse <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bgarlinghouse\/status\/1973100168909312214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">responded <\/a>to Schwartz\u2019s announcement with appreciation, stating, \u201cThank you David for everything you\u2019ve done for the industry, for Ripple, and for the XRP Ledger. We are all forever grateful\u2026 and in awe of your immense impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Schwartz will step down from his daily duties, his journey with the crypto firm is far from over. He will assume the role of CTO Emeritus and has accepted an invitation to join Ripple\u2019s Board of Directors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In this capacity, he will continue to support the company\u2019s long-term vision and mission. \u201cI look forward to seeing the rest of you at XRP community events around the world,\u201d he concluded, signaling his commitment to the ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/VrSp91p8\/\" alt=\"Ripple\" width=\"1814\" height=\"928\"><\/p>\n<p>Featured image from Forbes, chart from TradingView.com\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a surprising development for the blockchain payments company Ripple, Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz has announced his decision to step down from his role.\u00a0 Schwartz\u2019s Future Plans In a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Schwartz shared his intention to transition away from his day-to-day responsibilities at Ripple by the end of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-50363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}