{"id":61755,"date":"2023-10-17T03:56:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T07:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=61755"},"modified":"2023-10-17T03:56:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T07:56:23","slug":"ethereum-co-founder-transfers-15m-usdc-to-gemini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/ethereum-co-founder-transfers-15m-usdc-to-gemini\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Co-founder Transfers 15M USDC to Gemini"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Blockchain detectives detected a $14.9 million USDC transfer from a wallet associated with Vitalik Buterin.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ethereum Co-founder Transfers 15M USDC to Gemini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Blockchain sleuths have identified a recent transaction from a wallet associated with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, in which he transferred USD Coin USDC worth $14.9 million to the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a post on X by blockchain analytics firm PeckShield on October 17, Buterin's wallet, “vitalik. eth,” sent $14.93 million to Gemini on October 16. The transaction was verified on Etherscan.\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/clipPath>\r\n <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

#PeckShieldAlert<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> #vitalik<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a>.eth haas transferred ~15M $USDC<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> (Multisig Contract 0xf207…D5a3) to #Gemini<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> pic.twitter.com\/6FZGKLKg9Z<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/p>— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) October 17, 2023<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n

On October 14, Buterin received 14.93 million USDC from Kanro, a charity affiliated with Buterin. A separate analysis conducted by crypto data provider Lookonchain revealed that Buterin transferred nearly $500,000 to Coinbase three days prior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

vitalik.eth received 14.93M $USDC<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> from #Kanro<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> 4 days ago and then deposited it into #Gemini<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> yesterday before the first surge of $BTC<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a>.#Vitalik<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> also deposited 500K $USDC<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> into #Coinbase<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> 2 days ago.

What did he do with the $USDC<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a>?https:\/\/t.co\/o3u5JjjapU<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/Z69WG0xuNP<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> pic.twitter.com\/dwTt7tzHp8<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/p>— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) October 17, 2023<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n

The price of Ether, Ethereum's native currency according to CoinGecko's price data, remained stable following news of the transfer, declining by only 0.68 percent in the last four hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The price of Ether (ETH) held flat following the news of the transfer. Source: CoinGecko<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Buterin's most recent transaction is the latest in a string of ETH deposits to centralized exchanges over the past few months, with total September transfers from Buterin's wallets exceeding $3.9 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buterin transferred 400 ETH, worth $600,000, to Coinbase on September 24.<\/a> A transaction involving 600 ETH ($1 million) from the vitalik.eth address, which was also identified by on-chain surveillance platforms was reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blockchain detectives detected a $14.9 million USDC transfer from a wallet associated with Vitalik Buterin. Blockchain sleuths have identified a recent transaction from a wallet associated with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, in which he transferred USD Coin USDC worth $14.9 million to the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini. According to a post on X by blockchain analytics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":60078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,23],"tags":[5508,5555,7600,6213],"class_list":["post-61755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-ethereum-news","tag-blockchain-2","tag-ethereum-3","tag-gemini-2","tag-vitalik-buterin-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cb.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}