WTH is going on with Ripple?

Ripple surge Kidnappers get $1M Miner doesn't take mining reward Big Mempool still https://cointelegraph.com/news/ft-exmo-director-released-from-kidnap-after-paying-1-mln-ransom https://www.smartbit.com.au/tx/9bf8853b3a823bbfa1e54017ae11a9e1f4d08a854dcce9f24e08114f2c921182 https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/ripple/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQKxSVLLfAk&feature=youtu.be https://jochen-hoenicke.de/queue/#30d -------------------------- Seminar: http://programmingblockchain.com/ Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cZr_Aj Medium: https://medium.com/@jimmysong Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimmysong Github: https://github.com/jimmysong