XRP, the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, is currently in the middle of a monumental crash, collapsing over 43 percent to $0.412.
Coincheck briefly suspends the "sell" button
Coincheck, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan, temporarily stopped processing XRP sell orders, according to its recent Twitter announcement. The functionality was later restored by the trading platform.
The suspension came after the token gave up a substantial portion of its gains. It dropped as much as 30 percent in one hour after soaring to a multi-month high of $0.75 on Bitfinex amid what is believed to be a coordinated effort to artificially drive up the token's price by several pump groups.
Alex DovbnyaCoincheck is primarily known within the industry for losing about $560 million worth of NEM (XEM) tokens back in early 2018. As reported by U.Today, 30 individuals related to the hack were arrested by Japanese police earlier this month.
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