Onchain Researchers Suspect Chinese Government Sold Plustoken’s Billion-Dolla...
A number of masterminds from the Plustoken scam were sentenced to 11 years in prison for defrauding cryptocurrency investors. Last week, on November 19, a court ruling had shown the Chinese government said that it seized over $4 billion in crypto assets from the Plustoken scam. Meanwhile, onchain sleuths believe the Chinese government may have already sold a great number of the coins and simply added the proceeds to the central treasury. Plustoken Masterminds Sentenced to Up to 11 Years in Prison Just recently, a Jiangsu Yancheng Intermediate People’s Court ruling published on....
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According to onchain data analytics researchers, one of the founders of the company Ripple, Jed McCaleb allegedly sold 29.5 million XRP in a single day. McCaleb, an early cryptocurrency investor, and self-made entrepreneur is one of the richest men on the planet. There are a number of investors who happened to get into cryptocurrency at a very early time during the crypto economy’s history. The following editorial is the first of a series of articles that delve into some of the richest crypto investors worldwide. Jed McCaleb is an enigma and incredibly wealthy thanks to his early....