Long's comments pointed to the role developers, builders, and community members play in growing the $XRP ecosystem. The cryptocurrency has 8,247,694 addresses, a sign of the ecosystem's growth, according to $XRP Scan.
On October 19, 2026 in a historic milestone, $XRP's official X account went live under the @$XRP handle after more than a decade, drawing enthusiastic reactions from Ripple executives and the wider $XRP community. This marks more than 14 years after the $XRP Ledger was initially launched.
In 2011, three engineers—David Schwartz, Jed McCaleb, and Arthur Britto—began developing the $XRP Ledger (XRPL), which later launched for the first time in June 2012.
The official $XRP account posted its first message on X on October 19, a short logo video with the words "hello, world. It's about time." The post passed 260,000 views in about an hour and has surpassed 4 million views in less than 24 hours.
"This one has been a long time coming," Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said in reaction to the debut of the official $XRP X account.
Warning issued amid $XRP buzz
In an earlier post, Hussein Zangana (Vet) hinted at many great announcements lately from big companies and institutions around $XRP and the $XRP Ledger. "I think this will probably accelerate in the coming weeks," he added.
In this regard, Vet urged the $XRP community to be cautious of scammers using vanity addresses and tokens to sell to them in exchange for real $XRP/RLUSD.
Users are urged to treat everything offered, or that they see on explorers, as suspicious by default. They can only know if an $XRP account or asset is legitimate if the institution or company discloses it on their official press sites; in other words, they should verify all information from official sources.
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