XRP Holds $1.10 as Ex-SWIFT CIO Kills Ripple Integration Rumor
XRP News Former SWIFT Chief Innovation Officer Tom Zschach shut down the latest wave of speculation that the global banking messaging network is preparing to integrate or support XRP, answering the claims with a blunt two-word rebuttal on X: “Not happening.” The rumor had circulated among retail traders who asserted, without evidence, that SWIFT would “collaborate and support” public tokens rather than compete with them. Zschach, who spent roughly six years steering SWIFT innovation, noted that no official SWIFT announcement or public document backs the narrative. His intervention matters because it comes from someone who worked directly on the networks digital-asset strategy, undercutting a claim that had quickly hardened into a price expectation for the XRP token. The correction did not end there. Chainlink community lead Zach Rynes seized on the moment to argue that XRP has “no tangible adoption or meaningful role in the financial system,” framing the SWIFT episode as proof that facts were not reaching retail holders. Rynes said the former executive‘s comment “evaporates the long-standing conspiracy delusion about SWIFT adopting XRP,” predicting the community would experience cognitive dissonance. His remarks reignited a perennial debate over the real-world utility of the Ripple-linked altcoin, pitting a rival ecosystem’s messaging directly