377: Chairman of the Whole Chair

This week Stacey tells us about Matthew Mellon, the Mellon banking heir and early cryptocurrency investor known for his substantial stake in Ripple, whose life ended mysteriously on April 9, 2022, in a Cancun hotel room while traveling from his home in Florida to an experimental rehab treatment.

Sources:

https://vilk.medium.com/mellons-missing-millions-he-blew-his-family-s-fortune-on-fast-living-then-made-1billion-back-de429e1771e6

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellon_family

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Mellon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Negley_Mellon

https://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/billionaire-news/billionaire-banking-heir-matthew-mellon-dies-rehab

https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43800610

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/17/billionaire-banking-heir-matthew-mellon-dies-at-54.html

https://gulfnews.com/lifestyle/a-matter-of-money-and-heartbreak-1.731418

https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/cleared-the-oil-billionaire-too-absentminded-to-spy-on-his-jimmy-choo-tycoon-ex-7284360.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Mellon

https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-expands-epstein-investigation-with-probe-of-hundreds-of-suspicious-bank-of-new-york-mellon-transactions

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01250229.pdf

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00433799.pdf

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/bianca-pratt-christopher-getty-matthew-mellon-nicole-hanley-news-photo/819138180?adppopup=true

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00746142.pdf

https://estateandprobatelawyer.com/a-cautionary-tale-cryptocurrency/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fblogs%2Fadamcurtis%2Fentries%2F44122901-c2e8-34f5-93e0-d4402c163966

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bank-of-mellon-epstein-sex-trafficking-class-action.pdf

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