Monero project leader Riccardo Spagni, better known online as Fluffpony led his followers in the recent past to believe that Monero was coming out with big news today. He tweeted things like:
In The End Fluffpony Trolls His Own Followers
Following this “exciting news” to be released contributed to the price of the Monero Coin XMR to reach a peak of $58.51 yesterday, May 24th. It turns out that it was all a prank.with an interesting 1:46 minute video that Fluffpony produced introducing the Monero Enterprise Alliance. When the market realized that they had been trolled by their own, the coin dropped about 30% to $42.65.
Riccardo Spagni thought it was all fun and games. But not everyone agrees with him as many lost thousands of dollars investing because of their expectations of good news to be released. Have a look at the video below and pay special attention to the closing credits. What do you think? Is it funny or just a childish prank? Some are goingf as far as stating in forums that he intentionally manipulated the price for his own gain. I don’t know what he was thinking but I think it’s absurd!