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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