- Post-hack, XRP’s CVD plummeted, signaling a massive sell-off of nearly 100M tokens, mainly on Binance and OKX, raising security concerns.
- ZachXBT’s hack revelation led to a market shift, with significant BTC withdrawals linked to the stolen XRP totaling $73.3M.
- The Ripple co-founder’s wallet hack underscores the critical need for enhanced security and transparency in the cryptocurrency market.
Following a cybersecurity breach that affected Ripple’s co-founder, Chris Larsen, the cryptocurrency market saw a notable downturn in the trading of XRP tokens. The market analytics provider Kaiko unveiled data highlighting a considerable drop in the Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) for XRP.
This metric gauges the aggregated buy and sell activities on cryptocurrency exchanges, underscoring a stark sell-off, predominantly on Binance and OKX. The sell-off, involving nearly 100 million XRP tokens, may have been in part triggered by the hack and prompted widespread concern regarding the safety of digital assets within the crypto ecosystem.
Ripple’s #XRP Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) – a measure of net buying and selling – showed a net sell off of nearly 100mn XRP, p…