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December 31, 2019

Did Ripple Founder Chris Larsen Just Move 60 Million XRP? Traders Track Large Bitcoin (BTC) and XRP Transfers

By Daily Hodl Staff

Cryptocurrency whale watchers are tracking the movement of millions of dollars worth of XRP.

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On Monday morning, a wallet activated by Ripple founder and former CEO Chris Larsen received 60,000,000 XRP from a wallet of unknown origin.

About five minutes later, the wallet attributed to Larsen sent 56,994,820 XRP to a separate, unknown wallet.

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Although the exact reason for the transfers is unknown, users on the XRP-based forum XRPChat have in the past speculated that Larsen is the sole owner of the wallet.

Meanwhile, Bitcoin whales appear to be awakening from a late December slumber.

In the last 24 hours, some of the biggest Bitcoin holders in existence moved 10,350 BTC worth about $74.9 million.

Three of the transfers involved crypto moving from unknown wallets to crypto exchanges, where they could potentially be sold on the open market.

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