• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • About us
  • Write for us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclaimer
  • Contact
  • All Posts
  • Advertise

TronWeekly

Crypto World News

  • Home
  • Education
    • Best TRON Wallets
    • Beginner’s guide to TRON
  • Opinion
    • Tron Tokens
    • Market Analysis
  • Industry
    • Tron Exchange
    • Project Review
  • Press Release
  • Advertise
  • About us
    • The Team
    • Editorial Policy
    • Write for us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Disclaimer
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Contact
You are here: Home / News / XRP is a Scam, Former Olympic Wrestler Ben Askren Tweets 
XRP Scam

XRP is a Scam, Former Olympic Wrestler Ben Askren Tweets 

January 30, 2020 by Tabassum Naiz

Nicknamed “Funky”, Ben Askren is an American retired professional mixed martial artist who recently shared his anti-thought on XRP, the third-largest cryptocurrency.

Askren is a former Olympic wrestler who also competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Despite his sports expertise, Ben fell into a controversial argument against the XRP army by tweeting “XRP is a scam”. While responding to a tweet that tagged him, Askren replied;

I think XRP is a scam https://t.co/ye3E53dM3E

— Funky (@Benaskren) January 28, 2020

As always it is, the tweet gained significant traction shortly, at the time of reporting this, Askren’s ‘XRP-related tweet” is popping up with 1.7K likes and 133 retweets. Also, the responses are a mish-mash of the XRP army and XRP haters. On one side, few comments are backing Askren’s claim, on the other side, others appeared as a strong adamant of XRP.

However, a twitter handle, ‘Yassin M’ who by his Twitter profile seems XRP army member backlashed by noting “XRP is about as a scam as you are a UFC Champion”. More so, another response embraced the way XRP works, it mentioned; “XRP is solving a global problem”. With this, the tweet laid down the significance of XRP by noting the quick settlement of the cross-border transaction of XRP.

On the other hand, Bitcoin believer mocks at the XRP army and quietly acknowledged the claim of Askren. A Twitter handle “John Kwoski” noted that ‘XRP is a scam” and continued;

Not a token meant to be held long term. Bitcoin is the best money in the world.

Echoing the similar concern, Steve Floyd who appeared as the founder and CEO of Fractals, indicators on a candlestick, noted;

A worthless centralized shit token with no utility none the less.

Not a First Time

Although this tweet looks fairly confrontational, certainly this isn’t the first time that Askren dared tweeting something about crypto. Back in October last year, Askren quietly shilled BTC, stating;

Just bought more BTC using eToro was really easy, now all of you Twitter geniuses can tell me Crypto is a scam while my assets go up!

However, few also were skeptical whether Askren really had a bullish view on Bitcoin or was promoting eToro as he specifically tagged eToro in his tweet. This being said, sponsorship wasn’t entirely the crux of the matter, he has been a big advocate of LTC. In fact, his UFC escapade had reportedly linked to Litecoin Foundation and had also been founded shilling LTC when it was traded at $100 during May 2019.

As for XRP, the token price didn’t have any relation with Askren’s anti-XRP tweet. At the time of reporting this, it is currently trading at $0.23 against USD, valuing the total market capitalization of $10,423,825,847. More so, the token is also soaring its value by 2.26 within 24Hrs.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Ben Askren, Ben Askren twitter, Ripple (XRP), Ripple XRP, XRP scam

Primary Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • Shiba Inu L2 Docs Reveal More Details March 28, 2023
  • Bitcoin, Ethereum Enabled In Burger King Paris: Details March 28, 2023
  • Nvidia’s CTO Skeptical Of Crypto’s Value, Believes AI Is The Future March 28, 2023
  • TRON Founder’s Hong Kong Expansion Plan In Jeopardy? March 28, 2023
  • Binance’s New Blockchain Hub In Georgia: Web3 Education & Job Opportunities  March 28, 2023

Footer

News

  • Altcoin News
  • Bitcoin News
  • Blockchain
  • Tron News
  • World

Digest

  • Meet the Founder
  • Price Winning Article
  • DeFi
  • Cyber Security
  • Crypto Scam

Industry

  • Project Review
  • Technology
  • Fintech
  • Tron Exchange
  • New in Town

Tron Universe

  • Event and Tron Parties
  • New in Town
  • Tron Tokens

Follow Us

Subscribe US

Copyright © 2023 · Tron Weekly. All Rights Reserved. NOTE: Tron Weekly is an independent crypto news site that adheres to the strict journalism policy anchored on transparency, trust, and objectivity, we have no affiliation with the TRON Foundation, its founder Justin Sun or any other cryptocurrency firm.