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 <p class="is-style-lead">Co-founder of Ethereum (ETH) Vitalik Buterin <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="transferred" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/transferred.html">transferred</a> USD Coin (USDC) worth $14.9 million to the Gemini exchange, according to PeckShield.</p>
 <p>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.</p>
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    <p lang="en" dir="ltr">#PeckShieldAlert #vitalik.eth haas <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="transferred" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/transferred.html">transferred</a> ~15M $USDC (Multisig Contract 0xf207…D5a3) to #Gemini pic.twitter.com/6FZGKLKg9Z</p>— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) October 17, 2023
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 <p>Transactions are also shown in Etherscan.</p>
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 <p>It is known that on Oct. 14, Buterin received 14.93 million USDC from Kanro, a charity organization affiliated with him.</p>
 <p>A separate <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Category Analysis" href="https://thebittimes.com/analysis.html">Analysis</a> by crypto data provider Lookonchain found that Buterin also <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="transferred" href="https://thebittimes.com/tag/transferred.html">transferred</a> nearly $500,000 to crypto exchange Coinbase three days earlier.</p>
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 <p>A month earlier, Buterin sold 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.</p>
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 <p>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.</p>
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<p>Source: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://thebittimes.com/vitalik-buterin-reportedly-transferred-15m-usdc-to-gemini-tbt66673.html">https://thebittimes.com/vitalik-buterin-reportedly-transferred-15m-usdc-to-gemini-tbt66673.html</a></p>

Vitalik Buterin reportedly transferred 15m USDC to Gemini

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