#crypto2023 Ripple CTO Reveals Father’s Massive XRP Buy David Schwartz, Ripple’s chief technology officer, recently unveiled that his father purchased over a million XRP back in 2014 David Schwartz, Ripple’s chief technology officer, recently shared that his father acquired over a million XRP back in April 2014 from Justcoin. Back then, its price was approximately half a penny per XRP.  A modest stake  XRP reached staggering peak of $3.65 in January 2018. This ascent elevated its market value to an impressive $140 billion. Chris Larsen, the co-founder of Ripple at the time, witnessed his crypto holdings, which comprised 9 billion XRP tokens, grow to an estimated value of $60 billion.  However, David Schwartz, often seen as the heart and soul of Ripple and its most passionate advocate, decided to go a different route, according to a report by Forbes. Despite his significant contributions and being the second employee, Schwartz is not officially recognized as a co-founder of Ripple. He chose to accept a salary and a modest 2% stake in Ripple over the $XRP cryptocurrency. Schwartz’s crypto holdings  Diving deeper into Schwartz’s crypto preferences, a 2021 tweet from him provides insights into how he has managed his bitcoin holdings over the years. He mentioned selling portions of his bitcoin at various price points, starting from $100 and going up to $50,000. As bitcoin’s price reached $63,000, he revealed retaining only about 2% of his original holdings. In another tweet from the same year, Schwartz shared a list of cryptocurrencies he possessed at the time, with the list led by #XRP , followed by #BTC , #ETH , $BAT , and others. He noted that these holdings were not necessarily by choice but were largely a result of airdrops and other events. #Layer2

According to Cointelegraph, Mário Centeno, the Governor of Banco de Portugal, has emphasized the need for a global framework to regulate cryptocurrencies. In his opening speech at the 2023 Banco de Portugal Financial Stability Conference on Oct. 2, Centeno called for international cooperation to establish a robust framework and prevent regulatory arbitrage. He stated that it would be short-sighted to believe that regulating and supervising global risks and international players at the national level would be sufficient. Centeno also discussed the undeniable risk of crypto assets and decentralized finance (DeFi) being unviable in the long run. He expressed skepticism about the democratizing potential of digital assets and their ability to survive. He cited the collapse of several products during the Covid-19 pandemic as evidence of their unsustainability. While praising the European Union's first comprehensive crypto framework, Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA), Centeno insisted on further international consolidation of regulatory efforts under the principle of 'same risk, same regulation.' Similar sentiments have been expressed by officials from Germany and India, highlighting the need for global collaboration on formulating crypto regulations.