Jed McCaleb empties XRP wallet after eight-year selloff
XRP Scan shows the former Ripple founder’s “Tacostand” wallet has only $16 worth of XRP left at the time of writing. Former Ripple Labs founder Jed McCaleb has finally ended the eight-year dump of his XRP holdings, leaving only 46.7 XRP left sitting in his famed “~tacostand” wallet. According to blockchain explorer XRP Scan, the former Ripple founder executed his last outgoing XRP transfer of 1.1 million XRP (worth $394,742.18) at 6:31 am (UTC) on July 17. Hours later, the account listed an “ACCOUNT DELETE” transaction, meaning the account will no longer exist on XRP’s ledger.The....
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Ripple Labs co-founder Jed McCaleb has announced his intention to sell his sizable stake in the company's native digital currency. Known as ripples, or XRP, the currency was created as a unit of account and spam prevention tool within the Ripple Labs payment network. In a post on XRP Talk forum, entitled 'Selling my XRP', McCaleb made his intentions known: "I plan to start selling all of my remaining XRP beginning in two weeks. Because I have immense respect for the community members and want to be transparent, I'm publicly announcing this before I start." Price drop. In contrast to the....
Ripple co-founder Jed McCaleb has finally unloaded his XRP on the market. McCaleb has been dumping the cryptocurrency since 2014 when he obtained 9 billion as compensation for his work in the payment company. Related Reading | Bitcoin Is ‘Here to Stay,’ Ex-BlackRock Investment Adviser Says – Better Than Gold? McCaleb parted ways with Ripple in […]
Last month, it was reported that the co-founder of Ripple, Jed McCaleb was close to emptying his xrp wallet that held 81 million tokens worth $26 million. Following a transaction that saw 3,898,451 xrp transferred out of the address, McCaleb’s wallet is now close to being empty as there’s only 47.6912 xrp worth $17 stored in the wallet today.
Ripple Co-Founder Jed McCaleb Empties the Notorious ‘Tacostand’ Wallet
Onchain data shows the xrp (XRP) wallet called “Tacostand,” is now close to being empty as the owner, Jed McCaleb, has....
Jed McCaleb, the original founder of bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, has said that he lost around $50,000 following the collapse of the exchange. McCaleb pulled out of Mt. Gox and sold the bulk of the company to Mark Karpeles in 2011, but retained a 12% stake. The $50,000, which he indicated was held in an online wallet in USD not bitcoins, was lost when the exchange went bankrupt after an alleged massive hack. In an interview with Ars Technica, McCaleb said he is no longer involved with Mt. Gox, aside from his stake in the company. Minority shareholder. Following his departure form the....
Ripple Labs has reached an agreement that will prevent original co-founder Jed McCaleb from selling 9bn XRP - the portion of the protocol's native currency he was awarded for starting the company - this year. The open-source payment network provider issued the announcement in a blog post penned by director of communications Monica Long. The post said that McCaleb, who recently launched his new project Stellar, had agreed to a distribution timeline that will block him from selling more than a specific amount of XRP each year over the next seven years. Under the terms of the plan, McCaleb....