XRP Plummets As 213 Million Tokens Stolen, Founder Acknowledges Theft
Following reports by ZachXBT on X that 213 million $XRP tokens valued at $112.5 million were stolen and laundered through exchanges like MEXC, Binance, Kraken, and OKX, the price of $XRP experienced a significant drop of more than 5%, now trading below the $0.5 mark. https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1752694489905528943?t=jpVrdz_rzDn7EZp7JEo43g&s=19 Chris Larsen, co-founder of Ripple, confirmed the theft, clarifying that the tokens were taken from his personal accounts rather than Ripple's. Larsen assured that they swiftly detected the issue and informed exchanges to freeze the affected addresses, with law enforcement already involved. https://twitter.com/chrislarsensf/status/1752702297971532258?t=XxR55Iy_6eAPuI2E9RztWw&s=19 $XRP Price Action Following The News After Wednesday's decline, XRP Ledger fell below the $0.50 market value for the first time since October 19th. https://twitter.com/mycoinecho/status/1752718061881250158?t=_Mk7r0ZhQ_-tPGbyhACowQ&s=19 However, despite the setback, yesterday recorded the highest number of $XRP $1M+ whale transactions on the network (217) since prices surged after a judge's ruling that […]