Jed McCaleb

Stellar’s Plan to Win Global Payments: Play Nice With the Finance Cops

Stellar's first-ever conference in Mexico City gathered entrepreneurs eager to lean into global financial regulations.

Markets  ·  7 November 2019

Mt Gox Founder Hit With Lawsuit Over Alleged Fraudulent Misrepresentation

Mt. Gox founder Jed McCaleb has been accused in court of hiding issues at the now-collapsed exchange before selling it to Mark Karpeles.

Policy & regulation  ·  26 June 2019
Payments

McCaleb’s Comeback: Breakups, Breakdowns and Stellar’s Big Break-Out

CoinDesk profiles Jed McCaleb, the early cryptocurrency evangelist who created Stellar, now the world's sixth-largest coin by market cap.

Business  ·  31 December 2018
Banking

Blockchain of the Vanities? Sibos, Swell and Stellar Troll in Toronto

No one won the game of trolls, but competition between Swift, Ripple and Stellar is still fierce, even though it might be too early for fists.

Business  ·  19 October 2017
Ripple Labs

Ripple Settles $1 Million Lawsuit With Former Executive and Founder

A months-long legal dispute involving distributed ledger tech startup Ripple and its co-founder Jed McCaleb has come to an end.

Business  ·  12 February 2016
Crime

Bitcoin in the Docks: 7 Crypto Court Cases

CoinDesk takes a take a trip down memory lane, looking at some of the more high-profile bitcoin-related court cases.

Policy & regulation  ·  22 July 2015
Exchanges

Stellar Enters Legal Dispute With Bitstamp, Ripple and Jed McCaleb

Stellar has entered a legal battle over roughly $1m in disputed funds that continues between Ripple Labs and former exec Jed McCaleb.

Business  ·  4 June 2015
Stellar

Jed McCaleb Talks Stellar’s New Protocol for Consensus

In a new interview, Stellar founder Jed McCaleb discusses the project's new consensus protocol and its plans for the developing world.

Markets  ·  14 April 2015
Ripple Labs

$1 Million Legal Fight Ensnares Ripple, Bitstamp and Jed McCaleb

Bitstamp has initiated legal action over more than 1 million dollars in disputed funds related to the sale of nearly 100M XRP last month.

Business  ·  2 April 2015
Ripple Labs

‘Bad Blood’ Between Ripple and Stellar Aired in Tell-All Report

The New York Observer has published an article examining the turbulent history of decentralized payment startups Ripple Labs and Stellar.

Tech  ·  5 February 2015
Ripple Labs

Stellar’s Joyce Kim Talks the Launch, the Fork and the Future

Stellar Foundation co-founder Joyce Kim talks about the issues surrounding the distributed payment network and why developers see its potential.

Business  ·  21 December 2014
XRP

Jed McCaleb, Ripple Labs Strike Deal to Avoid 9 Billion XRP Sell-Off

Ripple Labs has reached an agreement to prevent co-founder and Stellar creator Jed McCaleb from quickly liquidating his XRP holdings.

Tech  ·  14 August 2014
Stellar

Mt. Gox and Ripple Founder Jed McCaleb Unveils Project ‘Stellar’

Stellar, the long-secret digital currency project helmed by industry entrepreneur Jed McCaleb, has officially launched.

Tech  ·  31 July 2014
XRP

Ripple Price Rebounds After CEO Pledges 7 Billion XRP Donation

Ripple CEO Chris Larsen has committed to donate large portion of the digital currency he owns to the underbanked.

Tech  ·  27 May 2014
Exchanges

Mt. Gox Founder Claims He Lost $50k in Exchange’s Collapse

Jed McCaleb, the original founder of Mt. Gox, says he has lost the funds he held at the exchange.

Markets  ·  2 May 2014