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-de429e1771e6https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellon_familyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Mellonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Negley_Mellonhttps://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/billionaire-news/billionaire-banking-heir-matthew-mellon-dies-rehabhttps://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43800610https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/17/billionaire-banking-heir-matthew-mellon-dies-at-54.htmlhttps://gulfnews.com/lifestyle/a-matter-of-money-and-heartbreak-1.731418https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/cleared-the-oil-billionaire-too-absentminded-to-spy-on-his-jimmy-choo-tycoon-ex-7284360.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Mellonhttps://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-expands-epstein-investigation-with-probe-of-hundreds-of-suspicious-bank-of-new-york-mellon-transactionshttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA01250229.pdfhttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00433799.pdfhttps://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/bianca-pratt-christopher-getty-matthew-mellon-nicole-hanley-news-photo/819138180?adppopup=truehttps://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00746142.pdfhttps://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-d4402c163966https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bank-of-mellon-epstein-sex-trafficking-class-action.pdfSupport the show