{"id":36734,"date":"2026-02-25T02:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T02:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36734"},"modified":"2026-02-25T02:00:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T02:00:55","slug":"ethereum-founder-keeps-moving-coins-eth-sell-off-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36734","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Founder Keeps Moving Coins \u2014 ETH Sell-Off Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vitalik Buterin has been <a href=\"https:\/\/financefeeds.com\/vitalik-buterin-sells-3-67m-in-ether-as-ethereum-slides-to-20-day-low\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">moving<\/a> Ether into stablecoins again. According to on-chain data, wallets linked to him carried out a series of swaps on <a href=\"https:\/\/cow.fi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CoW<\/a> Swap, sending more than 3,100 ETH into stable assets in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>Reports from <a href=\"https:\/\/intel.arkm.com\/explorer\/entity\/vitalik-buterin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Arkham Intelligence<\/a> flagged the activity, which lowered his visible balance to just above 224,000 ETH \u2014 still a very large holding.<\/p>\n<h2>Latest Moves And What They Mean<\/h2>\n<p>The numbers deserve context. A $6 million set of sales is small compared with a multi-hundred-million-dollar stake. Some of the transfers were public and routine.<\/p>\n<p>Reports say parts of earlier moves \u2014 about $29 million worth \u2014 had clear funding purposes. At least $2.3 million of that was used to back projects tied to the foundation\u2019s work. That is a normal use of a treasury when teams need cash for development and grants.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-883486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbtc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/a_74ba5b.png?resize=962%2C558\" alt=\"\" width=\"962\" height=\"558\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Funding And Foundation Plans<\/h2>\n<p>The sale sequence also fits into a broader plan that was mentioned publicly weeks ago. Buterin signaled that roughly $44.7 million might be offloaded over time while the <a href=\"https:\/\/ethereum.foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ethereum Foundation<\/a> tightens spending and adopts a more frugal stance.<\/p>\n<p>That mild austerity is meant to stretch funds and keep core programs running. <a href=\"https:\/\/yellow.com\/news\/vitalik-buterin-has-sold-dollar155m-in-eth-this-month-and-the-withdrawals-keep-coming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Moving assets<\/a> into stablecoins can be a defensive step: it reduces exposure to price swings while preserving buying power for future spending.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/f2rfXfp9\/\" width=\"1835\" height=\"951\" \/><br \/>\nMarket Reaction And Price Pressure<\/p>\n<p>Still, markets are fragile. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/ethereum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">ETH<\/a> has fallen, trading under $1,900 and hitting two-week lows in the recent session. The token is down sharply over the past month, and that drop amplifies any news about big holders selling.<\/p>\n<p>Prediction markets even assign a high chance that ETH falls to $1,500 before climbing back to $3,000. Traders react to signals; founder moves are a signal. That does not automatically mean the founder is abandoning the project, but it does feed short-term anxiety.<\/p>\n<p>Roadmap Talk And Longer View<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the cash moves, Buterin has been outspoken about technical direction. He argued the mainnet needs a rethink of how it works with layer-two rollups, and he backed an upgrade aimed at strengthening censorship resistance.<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image from Unsplash, chart from TradingView<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vitalik Buterin has been moving Ether into stablecoins again. According to on-chain data, wallets linked to him carried out a series of swaps on CoW Swap, sending more than 3,100 ETH into stable assets in recent days. Reports from Arkham Intelligence flagged the activity, which lowered his visible balance to just above 224,000 ETH \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-36734","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ethereum"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ethereum Founder Keeps Moving Coins \u2014 ETH Sell-Off Continues - Cryptomag<\/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:\/\/cryptomag.finance\/?p=36734\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ethereum Founder Keeps Moving Coins \u2014 ETH Sell-Off Continues - Cryptomag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Vitalik Buterin has been moving Ether into stablecoins again. 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