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Criptomonedas: Vitalik Buterin, creador de Ethereum, quema el 90 % de sus tenencias en Shiba Inu
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El creador de Ethereum quema el 90 % de sus tenencias en otra criptomoneda por valor de 6 000 millones de dólares
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Buterin also donated $0.6 million to the fund in the form of ether and maker tokens earlier in April, according to a Forbes report.
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The fund will conduct a “thoughtful liquidation” over time to meet COVID relief goals, it said in a tweet.
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Buterin also donated $0.6 million to the fund in the form of ether and maker tokens earlier in April, according to a Forbes report.
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Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has donated over $1 billion in cryptocurrency to support India’s COVID-19 relief efforts, making it one of the largest philanthropic activities by a single person.
Ether Price Hits Record High as 2021 Gains Near 500 Percent
The surge has also seen Ether - which in the crypto world is also widely referred to as Ethereum - outperform Bitcoin. By Reuters | Updated: 13 May 2021 10:37 IST
Ether has jumped about 470 percent against dollar this year as Ethereum blockchain becomes widely used
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Pace of evolution in the Ethereum market has remained rapid
US regulators warned investors on Tuesday over risks of Bitcoin futures
Cryptocurrency Ether hit another record high on Wednesday, taking gains this year to close to 500 percent on the back of growing interest in decentralised finance applications and increasing institutional interest in cryptocurrencies.
Bitcoin hovered around $58,000 (roughly Rs. 43 lakhs) on Monday.
In related news, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently donated 100 ETH and 100 MKR, worth approximately $606,110 (roughly Rs. 4.5 crores), for use in COVID-19 relief in India. Ethereum, the open-source blockchain software founded in 2014, is used to build contracts on the blockchain, and has recently been in the news a lot because of its use in the making and transferring of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) digital collectibles that can be uniquely identified and held by individuals.
Australian cricketer Brett Lee, too, has donated 1 Bitcoin (roughly Rs. 40 lakhs) to the Crypto Relief Fund to help his “second home” India ensure oxygen supplies for hospitals and win the battle against the raging second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. India has been recording close to 4,00,000 COVID-19 cases daily that has stretched the country s health infrastructure to its limits.
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