{"id":89960,"date":"2024-08-16T03:24:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T07:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=89960"},"modified":"2024-08-16T03:26:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T07:26:48","slug":"vitalik-buterin-donates-500k-to-animal-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/vitalik-buterin-donates-500k-to-animal-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitalik Buterin Donates $500K in Crypto to Animal Charity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vitalik Buterin<\/a> donated 200 ETH (~$532,398) to the Effective Altruism Funds\u2019 Animal Welfare Fund on August 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On August 15, Buterin disclosed that he had finalized these contributions, furnishing a receipt that indicated a transfer of 200 ETH, which is equivalent to approximately $532,398, to the Animal Welfare Fund of the Effective Altruism Funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buterin capitalized on this opportunity to motivate the memecoin community to donate any cryptocurrency they desire to him directly to charitable organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also recommended that the community begin to participate in more “sophisticated public goods funding” beginning in 2024, as he had previously emphasized in his blog on memecoins..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a significant incident involving the Ethereum memecoin<\/a> Neiro (NEIRO), which experienced a 60% decline in value after Buterin sold his holdings, the donation was made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nevertheless, the price experienced a 200% increase shortly thereafter. Neiro's team had contacted Buterin to propose that he donate a portion of the proceeds to a stray dog shelter. Buterin responded by issuing a public receipt to verify the donation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buterin has previously expressed his dissatisfaction with the trend of celebrity-backed memecoins, contending that they frequently lack significant impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has been an advocate for financial initiatives that promote public welfare\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/clipPath>\r\n <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a>, including the provision of support for open-source software, healthcare, and art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis' Stoner Cats initiative, which utilized NFTs to finance an animated series, was recognized as a positive example. He contrasted this with the generally less substantive memecoins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vitalik Buterin donated 200 ETH (~$532,398) to the Effective Altruism Funds\u2019 Animal Welfare Fund on August 15. On August 15, Buterin disclosed that he had finalized these contributions, furnishing a receipt that indicated a transfer of 200 ETH, which is equivalent to approximately $532,398, to the Animal Welfare Fund of the Effective Altruism Funds. Buterin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":89961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/hq720.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89960","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\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}