Former TradFi Trader Receives Nearly $1 million in Meme Coin PTARDIO, Donates It to Charity
According to Onchain data, former traditional financial trader Richard E. Ptardio received 700 million memecoin PTARDIO tokens, which appear to have originated from the memecoin startup platform Pump.fun. Ptardio shared a screenshot of his PTARDIO holdings, which grew to around $54,000 and $995,000 as PTARDIO rose. Ptardio decided to donate his PTARDIO holdings.
Ptardio said: "Whoever created the token did so entirely without my knowledge or consent. Therefore, I wish to exit the project immediately and I will sell them and donate all proceeds to Save the Children. I think this is a better use of the funds."