Founders & Builders
Jed McCaleb quotes
Co-founder of Ripple and Stellar
Created Mt. Gox, then co-founded Ripple and later Stellar, focusing on cheap cross-border payments.
2 epic quotes by Jed McCaleb
“The financial system is a mess of intermediaries that add cost and no value.”
— Jed McCaleb
“Money should move like email.”
— Jed McCaleb
Why Jed McCaleb is quoted so often
Jed McCaleb is one of the most cited voices in the digital asset industry. As co-founder of ripple and stellar, every public statement is read by traders, founders and regulators looking for signal, which is why these lines keep resurfacing years after they were first said.
Each quote above is drawn from public material — white papers, conference stages, podcasts, interviews and social posts. When the origin is widely documented we list it beside the quote so you can cite it safely in an article, presentation or thread.