It comes in response to speculations surrounding a previous ominous tweet from the executive. David Schwartz, chief technology officer at Ripple, has hinted that the blockchain payments company could consider shuttering its operations in the United States. The Ripple executive and XRP Ledger designer did this in a tweet yesterday. It came in response to The post Ripple CTO Hints That Company Could Shut the Door on the U.S. Market first appeared on The Crypto Basic .