Ripple CTO says to expect shortage of RLUSD at launch, but don’t FOMO

Ripple’s chief technology officer, David Schwartz, says there could be potential “supply shortages” in the early days of Ripple’s US Dollar-pegged stablecoin but is warning investors not to “FOMO.”

In a Dec. 15 post to X, Schwartz said he expects outsized volatility for RippleUSD (RLUSD) stablecoin immediately following its launch, with several large orders for the token despite being designed to maintain a 1:1 parity with the US dollar.

He noted that some small initial pre-market bids for the currently unreleased stablecoin were artificially inflating its value before its launch — responding to a post on X, which showed 1 RLUSD being valued at roughly 511 XRP (XRP) — worth $1,244 at current prices — on a Ripple wallet called Xaman.

“There actually is someone willing to pay $1,200/RLUSD for a tiny fraction of one RLUSD,” said Schwartz.