Community Questions Ben Armstrong Over XRP Donations

Controversial YouTuber Ben Armstrong has shared his XRP address in an attempt to raise money to fund his legal battle, however, community members have been intrigued to discover the wallet already holds over 161 million tokens.

On Thursday, Armstrong shared the XRP address – “rJmXYcKCGJSayp4sAdp6Eo4CdSFtDVv7WG” and a tag – “3259094467” through X (Twitter), asking for donations.

Is Ben Armstrong Really Holding 161 Million XRP Tokens?

However, XRP blockchain explorer tools appears to show that the wallet address already holds over 161.5 million XRP tokens. The tokens are worth at least $82 million at the current market rate.

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This has invited wide scale community backlash. A community member wrote on X (Twitter):

“Honestly that’s kind of disgusting to beg your followers for their hard-earned money while you hold $80m in $XRP.”

However, other community members believe that the address shared by Armstrong is a centralized crypto exchange address. They explained that Armstrong shared a tag with the address, which means it’s not his personal wallet. An X (Twitter) user wrote:

“The fact it has a tag tells me it’s an exchange.”

Lastly, the community members criticized Armstrong for using a centralized exchange. A user commented:

‘So you let someone else custody all of your crypto?  Ledger Nano is literally less than $100 you clown.”

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BitBoy Lost Over $3 Million XRP Tokens on Celsius

Armstrong refuted the allegations, saying: “This is hilarious.” He further revealed that he lost all his XRP on Celsius. Armstrong wrote:

“1. My CFO, Timothy Shedd, single-handedly lost $3M in crypto on Celsius. And his son, TJ Shedd, the CEO, refused to fire him. TJ made his dad CFO in spite of having ZERO financial experience. All of our XRP was on Celsius.

2. They stole all my money.”

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This revelation fueled more community frustration as BitBoy previously promoted the bankrupt crypto lender – Celsius. A community member wrote:

“Bro u promoted Celsius did you not?

Yet now ur blaming others? 

I’m quite confused here.”

On Wednesday, Armstrong started a donation campaign to fund his legal battle against the parent company of the BitBoy Crypto brand. The development comes after he was removed from the company.

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