Just saw David Schwartz from Ripple denying he's a billionaire on social media lol. Kind of wild considering what happened to other Ripple execs during the 2018 XRP boom. Chris Larsen's net worth literally hit $54 billion back then because he got 9 billion XRP tokens. Brad Garlinghouse's brad garlinghouse net worth was sitting around $10 billion at the peak too. But Schwartz? Dude took a 2% stake and salary instead of tokens. Smart move honestly, because he said his net worth is way less volatile that way, though he's mentioned it's under $170 million. Forbes called him the 'trillion-dollar man' which is kind of hilarious given how he actually structured his compensation. The funny part is XRP just had another massive rally recently and hit top 3 by market cap. Larsen supposedly added like $6 billion in a month from that surge. So Schwartz's decision to avoid holding massive XRP bags is looking even more calculated now. Guess not everyone wants their entire net worth riding on one token's price swings. What's your take - was he playing it safe or just smarter about risk management?