Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz showed off a box of trading cards tied to FUZZY, an <a href="https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/markets/xrp-futures-hit-six-month-high-heres-what-changed" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">XRP </a>Ledger meme coin, in a post <a href="https://x.com/JoelKatz/status/2113060996340441253?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">on X</a>.
Opening them in his kitchen, he said he was "not sure who gifted these" to him, but thanked the project's account anyway.
"Opening fuzzy cards in my kitchen. I'm not sure who gifted these to me.&nbsp;@fuzzy_xrp? But thank you!" he wrote in the post.&nbsp;
<h2 id="fuzzy-s-sharp-rally">FUZZY's sharp rally</h2>
FUZZY, listed as Fuzzybear, trades on the <a href="https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/markets/if-you-invested-1000-in-xrp-when-trump-took-office-heres-what-youd-have-today" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">XRP Ledger </a>and takes its name from one of the network's earliest wallets.
As per the XRPscan <a href="https://xrpscan.com/amm/rBudi9ArACZzLrReUWKFZmHve13LD7CbrM" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">data</a>, the token has more than doubled in a week, with the steepest gain on Oct 20, two days before Schwartz's post. So the rally was not triggered by the unboxing.
<a href="https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/markets/if-you-invested-1000-in-bitcoin-when-trump-took-office-in-2017-vs-2025-heres-how-much-youd-have-made-or-lost" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Related: If you invested $1,000 in Bitcoin when Trump took office in 2017 vs 2025, here's how much you'd have made or lost</a>
The cards belong to <a href="https://www.fuzzycards.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Fuzzycards</a>, a trading card game linked to the project, where each card NFT can be redeemed for a physical pack of five.
<a href="https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/markets/these-wall-street-giants-are-making-their-biggest-xrp-etf-bets-yet" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Its XRP pair </a>is now the third-largest AMM pool on the ledger, with about $992,000 in liquidity.
<h2 id="neutrality-under-scrutiny">Neutrality under scrutiny</h2>
Schwartz has been cautious about the token. Earlier this year he opened a trust line for FUZZY, which he called routine, and days later said treating memecoins as investments felt distasteful to him. He shared this <a href="https://x.com/JoelKatz/status/2056178529369530779" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">on X</a>.
In May, his switch to a FUZZY profile picture drew criticism. His words on XRP itself carry weight too.
In September, he said <a href="https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/markets/ripple-veteran-says-xrp-could-flip-bitcoin-but-the-math-says-otherwise" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">XRP could one day</a> overtake Bitcoin by market cap, though only by growing faster, not by waiting for Bitcoin to fall.
It was observed that the gap was steep then: Bitcoin was about 18 times larger, and <a href="https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/markets/nearly-1-billion-xrp-just-vanished-from-market-and-ripple-had-nothing-to-do-with-it" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">XRP would need</a> to trade near $24.60 to match it.
No wonder holders read meaning into small gestures. The latest post said nothing on FUZZY's price or his view of memecoins.
<a href="https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/markets/dave-ramseys-investing-advice-falls-short-study-finds" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Related: Dave Ramsey's investing advice falls short, study finds</a>
<h2 id="the-roundtable-100">The Roundtable 100</h2>
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