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§ Ripple · 2023 — Present

Precision under fire, at the speed of markets.

RoleHead of Social
ChannelsX, LinkedIn
ScopeStrategy, writing, deployment
001
Not a security.

The hardest social job in crypto: say exactly enough, at exactly the right moment, for five years.

When the Torres ruling landed in July 2023, one wrong word could move a market or invite the SEC back in. Every public beat ran through social first — precise enough to survive legal review, fast enough to lead the story, human enough to rally an industry.

Then the long arc: the SEC drops its appeal, the penalty falls from $125M to $50M, the case formally closes. Sequenced across months, without a single contradiction. The CEO's feed became the channel of record for the biggest regulatory fight in crypto.

Result$125M cut to $50M. Case closed. Narrative won first.
2023 — 2025
002
RLUSD

Launching a stablecoin where compliance is the headline, not the footnote.

Most crypto launches sell speed and hide the fine print. We made the fine print the pitch — trust, utility, compliance — and let the market decide whether boring-on-purpose could win.

It could. RLUSD crossed $1B in circulation and became one of the largest U.S.-regulated stablecoins, positioned for the regulated era before the regulated era arrived.

Result$0 → $1B+ in circulation.
December
2024 — Now
003
Hidden Road

One of the largest deals in crypto history, told without leading with the price tag.

$1.25B for an institutional credit network — the kind of announcement most companies bury in a press release. We led with the story instead: crypto finally accessing the largest, most trusted markets in traditional finance, told through the CEO's own thread.

Embargo discipline, narrative framing over facts-dumping, exec-led distribution.

Result$1.25B deal, announced narrative-first on X.
April
2025
004
From adversary to advisor

Five years fighting the government. Then a White House official on our stage.

Swell 2025 put the Executive Director of the President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets in conversation with our CEO — alongside Mastercard and Gemini piloting RLUSD settlement. The social narrative repositioned Ripple from SEC defendant to policy participant.

A reputation pivot executed through consistent public narrative, beat by beat.

ResultSEC adversary → policy participant, in one narrative arc.
November
2025
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