Ethereum-Schöpfer Vitalik Buterin startet den April-Scherz-Tag mit einer großen Bereinigung von Meme-Coins

U.today · 2026-04-01T12:04:30.000Z

Mit dem Beginn eines neuen Monats hat die Aktivität von Wallets, die zu Vitalik Buterin gehören, erneut die Aufmerksamkeit der Krypto-Community auf sich gezogen, während sich der Markt erholt, insbesondere da Ethereum seit Beginn der Woche fast 8% zugelegt hat. Buterin setzt weiterhin eine Strategie um, bei der er geschenkte Meme-Coins verkauft und Mittel in Infrastruktur und anscheinend in wohltätige Initiativen umschichtet. Laut Onchain Lens, das Daten von Arkham zitiert, wurden in den letzten Stunden mehrere solcher Transaktionen aufgezeichnet.

With the start of a new month, the activity of wallets belonging toVitalik Buterin has once again attracted attention from the crypto community, amid a market recovery, particularly with Ethereum gaining nearly 8% since the beginning of the week.
Buterin continues to execute a strategy of offloading gifted meme coins and reallocating funds toward infrastructure and, apparently, charitable initiatives. According to Onchain Lens, which citesArkham data, several such transactions have been recorded in recent hours.
Specifically, Buterin sold another batch of unknown low-cap meme coins sent to him, receiving about 14.5 ETH, which is just over $30,000 at the current rate.
Is new meme purge starting?
Buterin's position here is clear, as he has repeatedly stated that he does not want to receive such tokens as gifts and urges developers to direct them to charity. Historically, he either "burns" these coins or sells them to fund ecosystem development and charitable causes, as seen when he donated $1 billion worth ofShiba Inu (SHIB) back in 2021.
Vitalik has again started selling gifted meme tokens for 14.5 $ETH ($30K).He also sent 70K $USDC and 44 $ETH ($92K) to Railgun to move funds privately.https://t.co/hEDXyysRiJ(He is likely to sell more.) pic.twitter.com/CMLOcIwY8w
— Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens) April 1, 2026
This is why the context of SHIB resurfaced in today’s transactions. Buterin recently criticized how his previous donation in this token, ultimately valued at $500 million, was used by the Future of Life Institute to lobby politicians for AI.
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At the same time, Buterin continues to actively use privacy tools. In particular, he transferred 70,000 USDC and 44 ETH, totaling $92,000, into the Railgun protocol. Buterin has long advocated that privacy is a fundamental human baseline, making Railgun, built on ZK-SNARKs, a suitable tool for protecting transactions from excessive public monitoring.
The last time Buterin soldEthereum was at the end of February 2026, when he offloaded 17,696 ETH worth $35 million. Whether today’s activity signals a similar move for April remains unlikely for now, as the nature of these transactions differs.