Ripple continues to unveil keynote speakers for the upcoming Ripple Swell event scheduled for November this year, stirring up expectations in the XRP community.

In a recent tweet, Ripple announced Cofounder and Executive Chairman Chris Larsen as a keynote speaker at the event. This is significant as the Ripple cofounder has not been in the public eye much relative to other Ripple executives, hence sparking interest in the XRP community. This is evident as an XRP community X user expressed delight at the announcement, noting that the Ripple executive chairman had not been seen at most events in quite some time.

Adding further speculation is the fact that the Ripple cofounder will share the stage with celebrity Spanish-American chef and restaurateur José Andrés. The duo will share the keynote stage at the Ripple Swell event, sparking anticipation in the XRP community as to what might be ahead as the two industry leaders exchange ideas.

Expectations rising

The Ripple Swell event, a two-day event scheduled for Nov. 4 and 5, will mark the convergence of the most influential voices shaping finance and crypto, allowing industry leaders to exchange innovative ideas.

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At the close of July, Ripple unveiled Nasdaq Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Adena Friedman as a keynote speaker at the upcoming Ripple Swell event.

August remains significant for Ripple as it marked new collaborations as well as the official closure of the Ripple-SEC lawsuit.

Ripple co-founder and executive chairman Chris Larsen lost over $661 million worth of XRP last year, reportedly due to a hack of password manager LastPass.

In his Telegram channel, on-chain investigator ZachXBT shares a screenshot of a forfeiture complaint filed by federal prosecutors that details how Larsen’s wallet was compromised by a LastPass hack that occurred in 2022.

Says ZachXBT,

“A forfeiture complaint filed yesterday by US law enforcement revealed the cause for the 283 million XRP hack of Ripple co-founder, Chris Larsen’s wallet in January 2024 was the result of storing private keys in LastPass (password manager which was hacked in 2022).

Up to this point, Chris Larsen had not publicly disclosed the cause of the theft.”

Larsen originally acknowledged the hack in February of 2024, specifying that it targeted his personal wallets and not Ripple’s company addresses.

The stolen XRP would be worth $661.6 million at today’s prices.

Despite the massive hack, Larsen still holds roughly $7.18 billion worth of XRP after sending over $100 million worth of the altcoin to crypto exchanges in January alone while the token was rallying, according to ZachXBT.

“With the announcement of the US Crypto Reserve here’s your reminder that XRP addresses activated by Chris Larsen (co-founder of Ripple) still hold 2.7 billion+ XRP and these addresses tied to him transferred $109 million+ worth of XRP to exchanges in January 2025…

(Disclaimer: multiple of these addresses have been dormant for six to seven years so it’s possible he lost access or sent funds to other people in Feb 2013)…”

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