Vitalik Buterin

Vitalik Buterin

Markets

Vitalik Buterin sold 17,000 ETH this month as ether fell 37%

The Ethereum co-founder's tracked wallets dropped from 241,000 ETH to 224,000 ETH in February, with sales routed through CoW Protocol in small batches to limit market impact.

Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk)

Videos

Trump tariffs send bitcoin lower to $66K

U.S. Google searches for "bitcoin zero" have hit a record high following President Trump's aggressive tariff announcements. As trade war fears rattle domestic and the crypto markets, traders are bracing for a further dip in Bitcoin. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

CoinDesk

Markets

Ethereum's cofounder Vitalik Buterin sells more ether while prices continues to slide

The latest sales are part of a broader plan announced in late January to fund ecosystem development and other initiative.

Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk)

Web3

Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin proposes AI 'stewards' to help reinvent DAO governance

The system would use zero-knowledge proofs and secure environments (MPC/TEEs) to protect voter identity and sensitive data while preventing coercion and bribery.

Vitalik Buterin

Finance

DeFi is not really decentralized, it is unavoidably centralized

Rules are required to ensure DeFi projects grow and mature, which means they need layers of centralization before becoming truly decentralized. .

Consensus Hong Kong 2026 (Photo: Olivier Acuna/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Vitalik Buterin outlines how Ethereum could play a key role in the future of AI

In a post on X revisiting ideas he first outlined two years ago, the co-founder of Ethereum argues that the push toward artificial general intelligence often resembles the kind of unchecked speed and scale the blockchain was created to challenge.

Vitalik Buterin

Markets

Tom Lee's Bitmine may be buying ETH, but Vitalik Buterin and everyone else appears to be selling

Ether has dropped below $2,000, underperforming other major cryptocurrencies as selling accelerates from leveraged traders, onchain liquidations and long-term holders.

Bitmine chairman Tom Lee

Videos

Bitcoin crashes below $70K, what's next?

Bitcoin has tumbled below $70,000, pushing market sentiment into "extreme fear." But the pain might not be over: Stifel analysts are predicting a potential crash all the way to $38,000, citing a "Benjamin Button" reversal in Bitcoin's relationship with the dollar. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

Bitcoin crashes below $70K, what's next?

Finance

From 'Ethereum’s sidekick' to standalone stars: How Vitalik Buterin’s latest pivot is forcing Layer 2s to grow up

Leaders across the layer-2 space don't see this moment as an existential threat, but rather that Ethereum’s progress is forcing them to clarify their purpose.

Vitalik Buterin on stage at RadicalXchange 2019. (Christine Kim/CoinDesk)

Tech

The Protocol: Vitalik Buterin’s stark warning on layer-2 roadmap

Also: Open-source alternative for bitcoin miners, EF’s quantum-computing team and a new lending protocol for XRP

Vitalik Buterin