{"id":70115,"date":"2026-01-30T20:31:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=70115"},"modified":"2026-01-30T20:31:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:31:31","slug":"ripple-cto-david-schwartz-crushes-100-xrp-dreams-as-price-plunges-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=70115","title":{"rendered":"Ripple CTO David Schwartz Crushes $100 XRP Dreams As Price Plunges 12%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Ripple\u2019s<\/strong> <a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"XRP\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/XRP-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/xrp\/usd\">XRP<\/a>) Chief Technology Officer <strong>David Schwartz<\/strong> has cast doubt on XRP reaching $50 to $100, sparking backlash from holders as the token plunged 12% this week to $1.75.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Schwartz Plays Down $100 Target<\/h3>\n<p>Schwartz <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JoelKatz\/status\/2016968558945980826\">responded<\/a> to speculation about XRP hitting $50-$100 per token in the next few years with skepticism on X, saying he doesn\u2019t feel comfortable making such predictions despite acknowledging his own price forecasts have been consistently wrong.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled starting to sell XRP at $0.10 because it seemed overvalued at the time, and remembered when Bitcoin hitting $100 appeared impossible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t think it was likely that XRP would ever hit $0.25,\u201d Schwartz wrote, illustrating how his expectations have repeatedly underestimated crypto price movements.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Traders Push Back Hard<\/h3>\n<p>XRP holders responded angrily, saying Schwartz\u2019s remarks weakened confidence and contradicted beliefs about the token\u2019s long-term potential.<\/p>\n<p>One user questioned whether Ripple\u2019s original vision for XRP had changed, noting they thought the token was designed to reach &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/01\/50280682\/ripple-cto-david-schwartz-crushes-100-xrp-dreams-as-price-plunges-12?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Ripple\" cto david schwartz crushes xrp dreams as price plunges>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ripple\u2019s (CRYPTO: XRP) Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz has cast doubt on XRP reaching $50 to $100, sparking backlash from holders as the token plunged 12% this week to $1.75. Schwartz Plays Down $100 Target Schwartz responded to speculation about XRP hitting $50-$100 per token in the next few years with skepticism on X, saying [&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-70115","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\/70115","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=70115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}