Whopping 742 Million Ripple (XRP) Worth $246M Shuffled In 24 Hours

Whale Alert reported massive XRP transactions.

In the past 24 hours, Whale Alert, a leading large cryptocurrency transaction tracker, has observed the shuffling of Ripple (XRP), transferred between top cryptocurrency exchanges and unknown wallets. 

The recent huge XRP transactions saw the movement of 742,471,122 (742 million) XRP coins over the last 24 hours; shortly after 500 million XRP were withdrawn from Kraken to an unknown wallet, the funds were worth $247.46 million at the current exchange rate. 

Details of the Transaction

As reported by Whale Alert, the first transaction occurred roughly 16 hours ago, involving an address on the Crypto.com exchange and an unknown wallet. According to Whale Alert, a total of 50 million XRP, worth $16.47 million at the time of the transaction, were sent from Crypto.com to an unknown wallet. 

? 50,000,000 #XRP (16,471,196 USD) transferred from #CryptoCom to unknown wallethttps://t.co/YHA4uGfXpN

— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) August 29, 2022

Two hours later, Whale Alert observed the movement of another large XRP transfer from FTX to an anonymous address. This time, 160 million XRP coins valued at around $52.9 million were sent from an FTX address to an unknown address. 

? ? ? ? ? 160,000,000 #XRP (52,909,464 USD) transferred from #FTX to unknown wallethttps://t.co/1UFeNsPnaF

— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) August 29, 2022

At the same time, 48 million XRP were sent from an anonymous wallet to an address on the Bitstamp exchange. The funds were worth $15.74 million when the transaction was made. 

? 48,000,000 #XRP (15,741,681 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to #Bitstamphttps://t.co/YpHAGNn3O3

— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) August 29, 2022

Roughly 10 hours ago, an unusual massive transaction involving XRP was spotted by Whale Alert. Per the cryptocurrency whale tracker, 176.5 million XRP worth $58.6 million were transferred from an unknown wallet to another unknown wallet. 

? ? ? ? ? 176,500,000 #XRP (58,633,669 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to unknown wallethttps://t.co/1cXTjM1UDe

— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) August 29, 2022

Furthermore, 40 million XRP ($13.44 million) were also sent to the Bitso exchange from an unknown wallet, suggesting a possible sale of the coins on the trading platform.  

? 40,000,000 #XRP (13,442,144 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to #Bitsohttps://t.co/W2rrqHo5rT

— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) August 30, 2022

In addition, another 60 million XRP coins ($19.99 million) were sent to the Bitso exchange from an unknown wallet. 

? 60,000,000 #XRP (19,986,640 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to #Bitsohttps://t.co/hDHp0DR951

— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) August 30, 2022

Another similar transaction occurred almost simultaneously, with 55 million XRP ($18.49 million) sent to Bitstamp from an unknown wallet. 

? 55,500,000 #XRP (18,487,642 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to #Bitstamphttps://t.co/WB3r6mgV37

— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) August 30, 2022

Moments later, 52,971,122 (52.97 million) XRP, worth $17.65 million, were sent from Bitstamp to an unknown wallet. 

? 52,971,122 #XRP (17,645,246 USD) transferred from #Bitstamp to unknown wallethttps://t.co/SSjsl0Dq7U

— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) August 30, 2022

Finally, a lump sum of 100 million XRP ($33.25 million) was sent to an unknown wallet from Bitso.  

? ? ? 100,000,000 #XRP (33,252,553 USD) transferred from #Bitso to unknown wallethttps://t.co/5YsBJatFe0

— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) August 30, 2022

In total, 742,471,122 (742 million) XRP coins moved in one day.

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