Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin not too long ago transformed a good portion of his memecoin holdings to ETH for charitable donations.
In an Oct. 7 put up on X, Buterin revealed that he bought 10 billion Moodeng tokens to fund anti-airborne-disease applied sciences.
On-chain evaluation platform Lookonchain confirmed the assertion, noting that Buterin bought the Moddeng tokens for 308.69 ETH (round $762,000) and donated 260 ETH (roughly $637,000) to Kanro, a biotech charity platform.
Regardless of the sale, Buterin nonetheless holds about 40 billion Moodeng tokens, valued at round $3.66 million. His motion, nonetheless, led to a decline in Moodeng’s worth, with the token dropping by 21% previously 24 hours. On the time of writing, the token trades at roughly $0.1077.
Buterin’s earlier memecoin gross sales
This transaction comes lower than two days after Buterin bought 4 tokens—Moodeng, Neiro, Degen, Kabosu, and USDT—for 140.67 ETH, price round $341,000.
Following the transaction, Buterin donated 100 ETH, valued at roughly $240,000, to Twister Money developer Roman Storm’s authorized protection fund. This marks the third time Buterin has supported Storm’s protection.
In an X put up, Storm expressed his gratitude for Buterin’s continued help, stating:
“I can’t describe how a lot it means to me. Thanks to your long-lasting help.”
Market observers famous that these transactions mirror Buterin’s dedication to changing memecoin holdings into charitable donations. Earlier this yr, he bought a considerable amount of animal-themed meme cash and donated $532,000 price of ETH to the Animal Welfare Fund.
Buterin advises memecoin creators
Buterin has additionally expressed his choice for memecoin creators to donate tokens on to charitable causes moderately than sending them to him unsolicitedly.
He steered that these creators contemplate forming decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) to contain their communities within the donation course of. In his X put up, Buterin acknowledged:
“I really desire for those who guys ship to charity instantly, possibly even make a DAO and get your neighborhood instantly engaged within the selections and course of.”
Buterin additional emphasised that memecoins might positively impression the world when used for good causes.
