Ripple CTO Emeritus Outlines Three Indirect Drivers Behind XRP Price Dynamics
On March 13, 2026, Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz discussed how XRP's price is influenced more by indirect effects from factors like RLUSD, RWAs and cross-chain bridging than by direct impacts. He pointed to XRP's systematic fee burn and Stellar's 2019 50% supply burn as examples, while XRP trades between $1.36 and $1.45 with tightening volatility bands and daily transactions approaching 3 million.