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What is $589?
A chalkboard once read “589 by EOY”. The XRP community turned that number into a real, tradeable token on the XRP Ledger — and then kept finding it in the wild.
The full story →It keeps appearing
Not marketing. Documented moments, every one linking to its source.
- August 2026 · @589CTO on X
589 appears in Outer Banks, right after a decode scene
A holder's wife spots a large wooden 589 nailed to a wall in Outer Banks season 5 — and the placement is the part that lands. It appears immediately after the characters finish building a device to decode a cryptic message, the exact shape of the BG123 riddles that made the number famous. The episode is S5E8. Five, eight, nine.
- August 20, 2026 · @589CTO on X
Brad likes the post calling him out for liking it
@589CTO screenshots Brad's like and posts: "Hey @bgarlinghouse, we need you to stay focused at work and stop getting distracted. Thanks." Brad likes that one too, with 44 others.
- August 20, 2026 · @589CTO on X
Brad likes the "nothing at work" post
@589CTO posts: "XRP holders everywhere are accomplishing absolutely nothing at work today." Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse likes it, alongside 99 others. The post runs to 440 likes and 8,718 views.
- December 2025 · CBS News · live TV
589 in the Times Square New Year numerals
In a CBS News Bay Area segment on the 7-foot '2026' numerals for Times Square, presenters say the figures hold 589 bulbs. Ex-CFTC Chair Caroline Pham reacted and the clip went viral. (Times Square's official release lists 594 LED pucks — the community stays split, and the legend grows either way.)
- December 2025 · @solana on X
Solana posts "589"
Solana's official X account posts the number 589 with no context — a nod to XRP's most famous meme. The post rips past 4.3M views, dragging the whole prophecy back into the timeline.
So what is the token?
Held by — wallets on the XRP Ledger right now.
- Supply
- 5.89 Billion
- Tax
- 0% Tax
- Issuer
- Blackholed
- Liquidity
- 4.3% AMM-Locked
The issuer wallet is blackholed, so no new $589 can ever be minted — the supply is fixed and anyone can verify it on chain. There is no tax on trades and no team allocation. Verify it yourself.