{"id":6917,"date":"2026-02-24T10:32:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6917"},"modified":"2026-02-24T10:32:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:32:55","slug":"vitalik-buterin-sells-over-6m-in-eth-as-holdings-dip-below-225000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6917","title":{"rendered":"Vitalik Buterin Sells Over $6M in ETH as Holdings Dip Below 225,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

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  • Ethereum (ETH) fell to a 20-day low of $1,820, continuing a long-term decline from its $4,900 peak in August 2025.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently offloaded over 8,800 ETH (approx. $18M) to fund ecosystem initiatives, though he still holds roughly 224,000 ETH.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • While Buterin sells to support development, institutional buyers like Bitmine and Erik Voorhees have been accumulating large amounts of the asset.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Ethereum\u2019s ETH slid nearly 3% over 48 hours to a 20-day low of US$1,820 (AU$2.6K) on Monday, extending a decline that has lasted since the token peaked above US$4,900 (AU$7.2K) in August last year.<\/p>\n

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    ETH\/USD. Source: CoinMarketCap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    And as the price drops, Lookonchain shows the blockchain\u2019s co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, reduced his ETH exposure again. Buterin pulled 3,500 ETH from Aave over two days and then swapped 1,869 out of that amount for stablecoins on Cow Swap. That\u2019s about US$3.67 million (AU$5.6 million).<\/p>\n

    Related: XRP Sees Biggest Realised Loss Spike Since 2022: Capitulation or Turning Point?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The latest move follows an earlier transfer valued at roughly US$29 million (AU$43 million). From that amount, about US$2.3 million (AU$3.2 million) was directed to support Ethereum Foundation-related work.<\/p>\n

    New Buyers<\/h2>\n

    Despite the sales, Buterin remains one of the largest known ETH holders. All of his related addresses hold together just over 224,000 ETH, worth about US$426 million (AU$651 million) at current prices.<\/p>\n

    However, Lookonchain suggests the supply being sold has found new buyers, as transactions tied to purchases included wallets linked to ShapeShift founder Erik Voorhees and a large investor associated with crypto services provider Matrixport.<\/p>\n

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    Buterin has been pressing for clearer technical priorities. He has said Ethereum\u2019s mainnet needs an updated plan for how it should integrate with layer-2 networks, which move most transaction execution off the base chain and settle results back to it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

    He has also backed a planned upgrade, FOCIL, focused on stronger censorship resistance, framing the current stage of development as an effort to push Ethereum closer to a \u201ccyberphunk\u201d direction.<\/p>\n

    Read more: Bitcoin Lightning Network Surpasses US$1 Billion in Monthly Volume Despite Price Slump<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

    Ethereum,Vitalik Buterin#Vitalik #Buterin #Sells #ETH #Holdings #Dip1771929175<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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While Buterin sells to support development, institutional buyers like Bitmine and Erik Voorhees have<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[774,1645,601,503,950,847],"class_list":{"0":"post-6917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin","8":"tag-buterin","9":"tag-dip","10":"tag-eth","11":"tag-holdings","12":"tag-sells","13":"tag-vitalik"},"yoast_head":"\nVitalik Buterin Sells Over $6M in ETH as Holdings Dip Below 225,000 - Crypto News: Latest Cryptocurrency News and Analysis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptonews.uk.com\/?p=6917\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vitalik Buterin Sells Over $6M in ETH as Holdings Dip Below 225,000\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ethereum (ETH) fell to a 20-day low of $1,820, continuing a long-term decline from its $4,900 peak in August 2025. 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