The founder of Ethereum gifted $1 Billion to India Covid Relief Fund

Vitalik Buterin, founder of Ethereum, sold $1 billion worth of gifted Shiba Inu coin and gave it to the India Covid Relief Fund.

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Vitalik Buterin, the young co-founder of the Ethereum blockchain network regifted more than $1 billion worth of SHIB tokens to the India Covid Relief Fund. The move sent the market value of the token plummeting.

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Today, Buterin sent 50 trillion SHIB tokens to the India Covid-19 Relief Fund with an approximate market value of $1.2 billion. The value of the tokens has since dropped, but it is still a massive donation, especially from someone in their 20's.

Vitalik Buterin has plenty of money. With the current value of Ethereum, he is a billionaire. However, he received these tokens for free without asking for them. Buterin reportedly received trillions of SHIB tokens along with large denominations of other so-called meme coins. The tokens were originally sent to his public crypto wallet unsolicited by the founders and community members of Shiba Inu coin as a marketing stunt.

According to Cryptoslate.com, Buterin's SHIB tokens held a value of $8 billion at one point.

Following the news of Buterin's donation, the market value of SHIB tokens fell as much as 38%, although the price rebounded somewhat.

Sandeep Nailwal, the co-founder of Polygon and creator of the India Covid-19 Relief Fund, thanked Buterin publicly for the donation. He also assured the SHIB community that the fund "will act responsibly" and doesn't intend to hurt the community with a quick sale.

Buterin has not made a public statement about the donation, but you can verify that his public wallet sent the tokens earlier today.

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