Speaking remorsefully to XRP_Productions reporters Thursday, Kevin Niedermann, better known as popular YouTube personality 'Kevin Cage', admitted to stealing his pseudonym from the video game Mortal Kombat.

“I'm so sorry, but I realized very early on that no one would listen to Kevin Niedermann about XRP,” said Niedermann, explaining that he settled on his stage name after playing a few rounds of the gruesome fighting game in 2018. “But 'Kevin Cage'? People will damn sure listen to 'Kevin Cage'!

Initial XRP YouTube channel by online personality Kevin Niedermann. It's dramatic lack of success led the digital asset analyst to create the pseudonym 'Kevin Cage,' inspired by the Mortal Kombat video game series.

The online content creator has informed XRP_Productions that he is “quite relieved” to finally come out of the closet concerning his real name and has boldly released his first new video after switching his surname back to Niedermann.

“It's still me, guys,” said Niedermann. “Whether Cage or Niedermann... it's still me.”

Editor's update: Niedermann has lost 37,512 YouTube subscribers since the publishing of this article.

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