Ripple CTO David Schwartz told a “completely made up, hypothetical story” in 2023 where an unnamed exchange demanded millions of dollars to list XRP (CRYPTO: XRP), with the token later accounting for 20% of the exchange's revenue after Ripple struck a deal. The Hypothetical That Wasn't So Hypothetical In May 2023, Schwartz posted a cryptic tweet saying the story of Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) listing XRP was “the only story I most wish I could tell that I can't.