Ryan Selkis, the CEO of cryptocurrency analytics firm Messari, has allegedly received threats after his company published a critical analysis of Ripple cryptocurrency.
Selkis made this claim in a tweet posted on Jan. 24.Research firm Messari published a report on Jan. 24, claiming that the market capitalization of XRP is likely overvalued by $6.1 billion.
The company reportedly based its analysis on data from cryptocurrency exchanges and third party cryptocurrency data services.
"Someone just called me from a Nashville number and recited my wife's birthday to me. Then hung up."
As of press time, neither Ripple itself, nor any of its individual employees mentioned in Ryan Selkis' tweet have commented on the alleged threatening calls.
Both Messari and its CEO have not yet responded to Cointelegraph's request for comment.
"I'm at the police station. It's a punk kid most likely."
In its recent Q4 2018 report, Ripple has revealed that the sales of its XRP tokens have declined from Q3 of the same year: the company sold $129 million and $163 million worth of tokens in the respective time periods.
At press time, XRP's market capitalization is just under $13 billion, making it the second largest cryptocurrency, according to CoinMarketCap data.
Research Firm Messari CEO: Threatening Calls After Critical XRP Report Were Made by 'Punk Kids'
gepubliceerd op Jan 27, 2019
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