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The post <a href="https://coinpedia.org/news/vitalik-buterin-sells-17-1-billion-neiros-causing-meme-coin-price-to-plummet-by-60/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Vitalik Buterin Sells 17.1 Billion Neiros, Causing Meme Coin Price to Plummet By 60%</a> appeared first on <a href="https://coinpedia.org" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Coinpedia Fintech News</a>After a global market plunge and massive sell-off, the entire crypto market has suffered, with memecoins dropping over 20% in the past 24 hours. The Neiro meme coin, a new player in the busy world of meme-based cryptocurrencies, recently made headlines due to a significant sell-off by Ethereum co-founder <a href="https://x.com/WuBlockchain/status/1820262240307777831" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Vitalik Buterin, resulting in a 60%</a> drop in Neiro’s value.<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-neiro-memecoin-plunge-by-60">Neiro Memecoin Plunge By 60%</h2>Neiro, which positioned <a href="https://app.coinpedia.org/vitalikbuterin" class="profile-details" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">vitalik buterin</a><img src="https://image.coinpedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/10122626/info_icon.svg" alt="information" class="info-icons"><a href="https://app.coinpedia.org/vitalikbuterin" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img src="https://image.coinpedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/09190601/link.svg" alt="link"></a><img src="https://image.coinpedia.org/app_uploads/profile/1649140136211cdkjhciqnk.png" class="user_profile_img" alt="user_profile_img" title="user_profile_img">vitalik buterinVitalik Buterin is a professional programmer and writer who is famous as the Co-Founder of Ethereum. Buterin along with Gavin Wood, Charles Hoskinson, Joseph Lubin, and Anthony Di launched Ethereum in 2014. He co-created Ethereum when he understood that he could construct a new, possibly enhanced version by iterating on the Bitcoin blockchain.&nbsp; &nbsp; He has been involved in the Bitcoin community since 2011, writing and co-founding articles for Bitcoin magazine. Vitalik linked Bitcoin to a calculator and a future blockchain to a smartphone and used the same method of improving the system’s strength by making it more general purpose to blockchain network space. &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; He was honored with the Thiel Fellowship Award in 2014 for bringing his innovative scientific and technical projects to reality, won the World Technology Network prize, Fortune 40 under 40 lists, and appeared on the Under 30 list of Forbes at the age of 23.coinpedia@gmail.comEntrepreneurCrypto and Blockchain Expert<a href="https://www.facebook.com/vitalikbuterinca" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img src="https://image.coinpedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/27173941/facebook-1.png" alt="facebook icon" title="facebook icon"></a><a href="https://ca.linkedin.com/in/vitalik-buterin-267a7450" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img src="https://image.coinpedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/09190603/li.svg" alt="linked icon" title="linked icon"></a><a href="https://twitter.com/vitalikbuterin?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img src="https://image.coinpedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/09190602/tw.svg" alt="twitter icon" title="twitter icon"></a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/v.buterin/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img src="https://image.coinpedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/09190603/in.svg" alt="instagram icon" title="instagram icon"></a><a href="https://medium.com/@vitalikbuterin" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img src="https://image.coinpedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/10153100/me.svg" alt="medium icon" title="medium icon"></a> as its largest holder by transferring 4% of its total supply to his address, saw its value plummet following Buterin’s sale. The transfer was initially used to promote Neiro, leveraging Buterin’s influence in the crypto space.&nbsp;<figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">We are the people's <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24Neiro&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$Neiro</a>, on the people's chain, <a href="https://twitter.com/ethereum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@ethereum</a>. And a little fun fact: <a href="https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@VitalikButerin</a> is currently our largest holder. (4% of supply, ~$130k value as of the time of this post)— Neiro on Ethereum (CTO) (@neiroethcto) <a href="https://twitter.com/neiroethcto/status/1819792059210854603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">August 3, 2024</a></blockquote></div></figure>However, Buterin’s decision to convert the 17.1 billion Neiros into 44.4 ETH sent shockwaves through the crypto market. This offloading led to a significant 60% drop, raising concerns among investors.&nbsp;Meanwhile, Neiro memecoin price has dropped from $0.022 to $0.013, before rising slightly to $0.015. However, the token plummeted further and is now trading at $0.011. Neiro had shown exponential growth after its launch, hitting an all-time high of $0.19 on August 1, with a market cap close to $116 million.<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-donation-for-stray-dogs">Donation for Stray Dogs</h2>After the sell-off, the Neiro team posted on X, asking Vitalik Buterin to donate some of the proceeds to a shelter for stray dogs. They stated, “Hey Vitalik Buterin, we see that you sold your Neiro bag. Our humble ask is that you donate part of the proceeds to a stray dog shelter. And thank you for building our playground.”<figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@VitalikButerin</a>, we see that you sold your <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24Neiro&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$Neiro</a> bag. Our humble ask is that you donate part of the proceeds to a stray dog shelter. And thank you for building our playground!— Neiro on Ethereum (CTO) (@neiroethcto) <a href="https://twitter.com/neiroethcto/status/1820305582533816733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">August 5, 2024</a></blockquote></div></figure>The Neiro project set aside a strategic reserve of tokens to fund potential CEX listings and support charitable donations to shelters for stray dogs and other organizations fighting animal abuse.Also Check Out: <a href="https://coinpedia.org/news/worst-crypto-crash-since-2022-has-begun-understanding-why-and-what-is-happening/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Worst Crypto Crash Since 2022 Has Begun: Understanding What Is Happening</a>

Vitalik Buterin Sells 17.1 Billion Neiros, Causing Meme Coin Price to Plummet By 60%

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