{"id":90213,"date":"2025-10-23T16:40:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=90213"},"modified":"2025-10-23T16:45:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:45:51","slug":"ripple-co-founder-profits-764-million-from-xrp-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/ripple-co-founder-profits-764-million-from-xrp-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Ripple Co-founder Profits $764 Million from XRP Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The price of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-ripple-and-the-cryptocurrency-xrp\">XRP<\/a> may face downward pressure as Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen actively locks in profits. This warning comes from CryptoQuant analyst Maartunn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\ude31 Chris Larsen (Ripple co-founder) has realized $764,209,610.42 (!!) in profits since January 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the latest sale is tied to EvernorthXRP. But this isn\u2019t an isolated event.<\/p>\n<p>Larsen has a recurring habit of cashing out near local highs.<\/p>\n<p>Zoom out. See the bigger picture. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/828ToHjC6T\">https:\/\/t.co\/828ToHjC6T<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/53jW6hk92X\">pic.twitter.com\/53jW6hk92X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maartunn (@JA_Maartun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JA_Maartun\/status\/1981201678809649427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Currently, the asset is trading at around $2.3, which is 34% below the peak of $3.66 recorded in July. Market participants partly attribute this correction to Larsen&#8217;s actions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-a2718665431cc310-7619442631473201-1024x600.png\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-268101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-a2718665431cc310-7619442631473201-1024x600.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-a2718665431cc310-7619442631473201-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-a2718665431cc310-7619442631473201-768x450.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-a2718665431cc310-7619442631473201-1536x900.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-a2718665431cc310-7619442631473201.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hourly chart of XRP\/USDT on Binance. Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.tradingview.com\/chart\/?symbol=BINANCE%3AXRPUSDT\">TradingView<\/a>.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Maartunn, Larsen&#8217;s realized profit from cryptocurrency sales over seven years has reached $764.2 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On October 20, the expert <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JA_Maartun\/status\/1980310473582211575\">noted<\/a> a transfer of 50 million XRP worth $120 million, suggesting that the Ripple co-founder was once again preparing to sell coins. On that day, the asset&#8217;s price rose to $2.53.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Later, Larsen explained that the transaction was related to an investment in Evernorth&#8217;s treasury.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ashgoblue?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ashgoblue<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evernorthxrp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@evernorthxrp<\/a> team on today\u2019s launch! Evernorth fills the missing link today in XRP capital markets, and XRP usage in DeFi products. I\u2019m proud to invest 50M XRP in the firm (you may see some wallet movement on this). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AAbkO6WlZe\">https:\/\/t.co\/AAbkO6WlZe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Larsen (@chrislarsensf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrislarsensf\/status\/1980252917010698552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, Maartunn emphasized that this instance was merely an exception.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Larsen has a well-established habit of exiting positions near local highs,&#8221; the expert added.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Analyst known as Coby Vu <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Cobyvu8820\/status\/1981242702768591085\">outlined<\/a> the movement of the Ripple co-founder&#8217;s capital over the years:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2018 \u2014 200 million XRP sold at around $3.84, netting approximately $500 million;<\/li>\n<li>2021 \u2014 500 million XRP sold at roughly $1.96, yielding $1 billion;<\/li>\n<li>2025 \u2014 50 million XRP transferred to Evernorth at a rate of $2.5.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Larsen currently holds about 2.5 billion XRP, which constitutes approximately 8% of the total cryptocurrency supply. According to the expert, nearly 80% of his realized profits come from transactions within 10% of cycle peaks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The community has previously accused the Ripple executive of dumping the asset. In July, he <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ripple-co-founder-chris-larsen-accused-of-xrp-dumping-by-crypto-community\">transferred<\/a> coins worth about $140 million to Coinbase when the altcoin was trading at its historical high.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In October, ZachXBT <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/zachxbt-uncovers-3-million-xrp-theft-from-american-wallet\">uncovered<\/a> a scheme involving the theft of $3 million in XRP from an inexperienced user&#8217;s wallet.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The price of XRP may face pressure as Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen actively locks in profits, warned analyst Maartunn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"XRP price may face pressure due to Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen's profit-taking, warns analyst Maartunn.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1354,112],"class_list":["post-90213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-chris-larsen","tag-ripple"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"407","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"XRP price may face pressure due to Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen's profit-taking, warns analyst Maartunn.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90215,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90213\/revisions\/90215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}