Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin says the non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the leading smart contract platform is making big changes to its leadership structure. In a post on social media platform X, Buterin says the Ethereum Foundation (EF) has been going through the process for nearly a year now to achieve five primary goals. […]
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Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has disclosed that the Ethereum Foundation is making large leadership changes in its structure. However, Buterin clarified that this does not mean the foundation would change its general ideology or risk losing its position as a neutral platform. Ethereum Foundation Making Changes, but Not Ideological Ones Ethereum seems to be […]
"People seeking a different vision are welcome to start their own organizations," Buterin wrote in a January 18 social media post.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin announced major changes to the Ethereum Foundation's leadership to emphasize technical expertise and improve communication between the foundation and builders in the Ethereum ecosystem.
Buterin outlined several goals for an overhaul in a Jan. 18 X post, which included supporting decentralized application developers and promoting decentralization, censorship resistance, and privacy.
The Ethereum co-founder also said the Ethereum Foundation would not engage in political lobbying, ideological shifts, or take a more central role in the development of the Ethereum ecosystem.
Ethereum (ETH) co-creator Vitalik Buterin is suddenly selling off dozens of digital assets, including Neiro (NEIRO) and other memecoins. According to market analytics platform Arkham Intelligence, Buterin has sold Dogecoin (DOGE) and a number of other smaller market cap, lesser-known digital assets on Monday. Pseudonymous on-chain analyst EmberCN provides a list of the Buterin sales […]
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Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of ETH to Alexey Pertsev, a developer of Tornado Cash, a crypto mixer once sanctioned by the US government. According to Etherscan data reported by crypto reporter Colin Wu, Buterin donated a total of 100 ETH to Pertsev on two occasions, helping him […]
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Many in the crypto industry have criticized US authorities for sanctioning Tornado Cash smart contract addresses and charging developers with money laundering.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has made a significant contribution toward a legal defense fund for Tornado Cash developers Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev.
According to a Dec. 31 X post from the Juicebox project Free Pertsev and Storm, Buterin donated 50 Ether (ETH) — roughly $170,000 at the time of publication — to Storm’s and Pertsev’s legal aid.
Storm reported that the contribution was roughly 25% of the total $650,000 available to the Tornado Cash developer through JusticeDAO ahead of his trial.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has made an endearing connection with the animal kingdom by donating 10,000,000 Thai baht to the Khao Kheow Open Zoo. Alongside his generosity, he’s now the proud “adoptive father” of Moo Deng, the tiny pygmy hippopotamus who was also turned into a meme coin earlier this year. Moo Deng’s Cuteness and […]
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has acknowledged the performance of the Argentine fiat currency, the peso. On social media, Buterin stated that the Argentine peso to U.S. dollar exchange rate was exactly the same as it was one year ago. Praising Argentine President Milei’s achievements during his first year in office, Buterin declared: “Quite an impressive […]
Ethereum price finally took out the $4,000 resistance level, and one analyst says ETH could hit $15,000 by May 2025.
Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), has maintained a slow and steady rise over the past three weeks, rising 28% since Nov. 18. Despite a flash spike down to $3,615 on Dec. 5, the altcoin has sprung back and now trades above $4,000.
Ethereum 4-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView
Its yearly high value remains at $4,098, and the trend continues to form a higher high and higher low trend in the 4-hour chart. The relative strength index, or RSI, also looks healthy, where the indicator is currently below the overbought region.
The Ethereum co-founder also proposed changes to ease transfers among layer-2 scaling networks.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin urged Web3 wallet developers to implement features improving privacy and security in a Dec. 3 blog post.
“[A] user only benefits from any decentralization, censorship resistance, security, privacy, or other properties that Ethereum and its applications offer to the extent that the wallet itself also has these properties,” Buterin said in the blog post.
He also proposed ways to ease transfers among Ethereum’s layer-2 (L2) scaling networks, such as Optimism and Arbitrum.
