I just saw an important news report — Vitalik Buterin sold a large amount of Ethereum recently, about $30 million! According to Arkham data, it wasn't random; it was directed toward charitable funding.



The details are a bit intriguing: he sold around 17,000 ETH, which reduced his holdings from about 240,000 to 224,000 ETH. That's roughly 7% of his assets. But what caught my attention is that on January 30, he transferred 16,000 ETH via a Gnosis Safe wallet, then on February 2, he sent 500,000 USDC to Kanro, a biotech charity organization.

Vitalik Buterin himself said that these sales reflect his "austerity share" to support Ethereum in the long term. And this isn't the first time — in 2025, he sold meme coins worth millions and supported Kanro, and in 2021, he donated $1.2 billion worth of SHIB for relief efforts in India.

The important thing is that he still has about $450 million in Ethereum assets, so it doesn't affect his financial position. But it shows he has a real commitment to protocol development and charity work. What do you think of this move?
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