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Co-founder of Ethereum (<a href="https://crypto.news/price/ethereum/" data-type="link" data-id="https://crypto.news/price/ethereum/">ETH</a>) Vitalik Buterin transferred USD Coin (USDC) worth $14.9 million to the Gemini exchange, according to PeckShield. 
Blockchain detectives discovered a new transaction from a wallet associated with Buterin. According to PeckShield, a wallet called vitalik.eth withdrew 14.93 million USDC to the Gemini crypto exchange on October 16. 
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Transactions are also shown in <a href="https://etherscan.io/tx/0xc5f542a506320f71eed57917c17dea98b717fbe44771c69ca73a0934e04b3fce" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Etherscan</a>. 
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It is known that on Oct. 14, Buterin received 14.93 million USDC from Kanro, a charity organization affiliated with him. 
A separate analysis by crypto data provider Lookonchain found that Buterin also transferred nearly $500,000 to crypto exchange Coinbase three days earlier. 
 You might also like: <a href="https://crypto.news/vitalik-buterins-holdings-lost-20m-in-a-week/"> Vitalik Buterin’s holdings lost $20m in a week </a> 
A month earlier, Buterin <a href="https://platform.arkhamintelligence.com/explorer/entity/vitalik-buterin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sold</a> all his MKR tokens for 353 ETH, worth about $580 thousand. The deal attracted the attention of members of the cryptocurrency community and caused several speculations about the reasons for the sale. 
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Some believe that Buterin’s decision was influenced by the recent statement by MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen about plans to launch his own NewChain blockchain, which could be implemented as a fork of Solana. 
 Read more: <a href="https://crypto.news/ethereum-co-founder-vitalik-buterin-exits-makerdao-position/"> Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin exits MakerDAO position </a>

Vitalik Buterin reportedly transferred 15m USDC to Gemini

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