Influencer says he was offered $25K to criticize XRP

Crypto influencer Pumpius revealed that an anonymous group offered him 25,000 USDT to defame Ripple and XRP, CryptoBasic reported. He said the group asked him to post that XRP is a scam and that he had sold all his holdings, but he refused the offer. Pumpius claimed this is evidence of an "organized campaign to create negative public opinion" about the project. The report noted that many others in the crypto industry have received similar offers, with some being for larger sums. CryptoBasic added that the XRP community has conflicts with communities of competing projects like Chainlink (LINK) and that such incidents are frequent for other projects, urging investors to be cautious.