Home » Ripple (XRP) » Ripple Emeritus: “A Trillion-Dollar XRP Opportunity Awaits” Ripple’s OG developer explains how retail’s going to embrace the world of DeFi: accessibility is key. Ripple’s Emeritus David Schwartz stated that “we’re really close” to a multi-trillion adoption opportunity, thanks to decentralized finance (DeFi) going mainstream. The global tokenization market is set to grow trillions of dollars over the next decade, and the seasoned crypto industry figure is betting on the blockchain to be a huge part of it.