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126.4 Million XRP Sent by Several Top-Tier Platforms and BitGo


Several large digital currency exchanges have wired a whopping 126.4 million XRP

According to blockchain platform Whale Alert that tracks large movements of cryptocurrencies, in the past 20 hours, over 126 million XRP have been transferred on the XRP ledger by Ripple and several digital trading platforms, including crypto custody company BitGo.

$184 million worth of XRP on the move

According to tweets posted by Whale Alert, over the past 20 hours, several crypto trading companies have made around half a dozen transactions, shifting a staggering 126.4 million XRP coins.

This is a fiat equivalent of $184,053,194 as per today’s XRP price of $1.46 per token.

The main participants in the aforementioned XRP transfers are Bitfinex, Binance and the crypto custody platform BitGo, which is about to be purchased by Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital.

BitGo has sent 21 million XRP to the Bitfinex exchange, while Binance transferred a whopping 73,378,656 XRP ($106,280,559) to BitGo.

Both transactions took place three hours ago.

Image via Twitter, Whale Alert

A 10-million XRP transfer was also noticed from the BitGo custodial wallet to Bitstamp: a Europe-based crypto exchange and a local ODL platform for Ripple.

Meanwhile, Ripple moved another four million XRP to the Huobi digital exchange located in China.

Ripple adds National Bank of Egypt to RippleNet

As was announced earlier today, Ripple blockchain decacorn has partnered with the largest bank in Egypt, signing it to RippleNet.Ad

The largest bank in the country, founded back in 1898, will now be able to send and accept remittances from the United Arab Emirates via local RippleNet member LuLu exchange.

Statistics show that Egypt is the sixth-largest recipient of remittances on the planet, with approximately $24.5 billion sent home by workers from overseas locations last year alone.

Original Source : u.today



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