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  • How Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s ‘joke coins’ helped Sandeep Nailwal build a $213-mn initiative

    Started by Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal as Crypto Relief Fund in 2021 during COVID times, it was rebranded as Blockchain for Impact on July 30, with Buterin attending the event. BFI will now fund healthcare projects, with a 10-year plan.

  • Ethereum boss in Benglauru: 'Ghevar' cake, masala dosa on 8th anniversary

    Ethereum boss in Benglauru: 'Ghevar' cake, masala dosa on 8th anniversary

    Vitalik Buterin, who is also said to be the world’s youngest cryptocurrency billionaire, was spotted enjoying a Darshini style masala dosa in Bengaluru.

  • The final countdown to Ethereum Merge: All you need to know

    The final countdown to Ethereum Merge: All you need to know

    Ethereum's price currently stands at $1,604 with a market cap of nearly $201 billion, having dropped from a high of $1,648.19 on September 15

  • ETH jumps 50% in over a month, founder says protocol to be 55% complete after ‘merge’

    ETH jumps 50% in over a month, founder says protocol to be 55% complete after ‘merge’

    Merge alludes to the network’s move to the ‘proof-of-stake’ consensus from its current ‘proof of work.’ ETH developers had, last week, announced that the merge will tentatively take place during the week of September 19

  • Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says he’s no longer a billionaire

    Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says he’s no longer a billionaire

    Buterin created Ethereum in 2014 and is the owner of a digital wallet that as recently as November contained holdings worth about $1.5 billion.

  • Cryptocurrency Prices Today on March 21: BTC, ETH decline drives markets into red

    Cryptocurrency Prices Today on March 21: BTC, ETH decline drives markets into red

    In rupee terms, Bitcoin dipped 0.86 percent to trade at Rs 32,31,285 while Ethereum tumbled 1.33 percent to Rs 2,24,505.8

  • Cryptocurrency Prices Today: Global trading volume skyrockets over 100,000%, Bitcoin gains 1.53%

    Cryptocurrency Prices Today: Global trading volume skyrockets over 100,000%, Bitcoin gains 1.53%

    Cardano rose 1.81 percent to Rs 85.48 and Avalanche 4.98 percent to Rs 5,648. Polkadot rose 2.37 percent to Rs 1,494.41 and Litecoin 0.96 percent to Rs 8,802.61 over the last 24 hours. Tether increased 0.04 percent to Rs 80.3

  • Elon Musk, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Sahil Lavignia discuss ways to boost population, moot 'synthetic wombs'

    Elon Musk, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Sahil Lavignia discuss ways to boost population, moot 'synthetic wombs'

    Suggestions came in after Elon Musk expressed concern about “population collapse”, saying that if there are not enough people for Earth, there certainly will not be enough for Mars.

  • Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin saw the crypto crash coming

    Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin saw the crypto crash coming

    Vitalik Buterin says government regulation "is always a concern" and that it is important to listen to regulators and try to do the best to address their worries.

  • Cryptos bounce back a day after rout, Bitcoin surges over 19%

    Cryptos bounce back a day after rout, Bitcoin surges over 19%

    Another popular cryptocoin, Dogecoin saw a rise of 11.42 percent and was trading at $0.0414725 with the market cap of $53.72 billion.

  • Explained | Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin destroys 90% of his Shiba Inu holdings; here's what it means

    Explained | Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin destroys 90% of his Shiba Inu holdings; here's what it means

    Created in August 2020 by someone named Ryoshi, Shibu Inu is a joke coin or meme coin which was launched as a rival to Dogecoin, which is also a cryptocoin.

  • Explained | India's crypto covid relief fund: What is it and how it works?

    Explained | India's crypto covid relief fund: What is it and how it works?

    The relief fund currently accepts donations in the form of cryptocurrencies which include Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin, Solana, Tezos, Cosmos, Dogecoin, etc. Co-founder of Polygon Sandeep Nailwal even mentioned their addresses via a tweet series.

  • Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin donates $1.5 billion in cryptocurrency to India COVID Relief Fund & other charities

    Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin donates $1.5 billion in cryptocurrency to India COVID Relief Fund & other charities

    Buterin, who recently became the world’s youngest crypto billionaire at the age of 27, donated 500 ETH and over 50 trillion Shiba Inu, a meme coin, worth around $1.14 billion at the time of the transaction, to India COVID-Crypto Relief Fund, set up by Indian tech entrepreneur Sandeep Nailwal.

  • Ethereum’s co-founder Vitalik Buterin becomes the world’s youngest crypto billionaire

    Ethereum’s co-founder Vitalik Buterin becomes the world’s youngest crypto billionaire

    Born in 1994, Vitalik Buterin is a Russian-Canadian programmer and author who founded Ethereum in 2014.

  • Understanding the rise of cryptocurrencies

    Understanding the rise of cryptocurrencies

    Co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, tells us the secret behind the success and the rise of cryptocurrencies and explains its benefits and how it deals with security threats.

  • Bitcoin has a governance problem, no matter who created it

    Bitcoin has a governance problem, no matter who created it

    The latest bickering erupted after Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright promised to prove he was the mysterious creator of bitcoin - which allows users to move money across the world quickly and anonymously - but then said on Thursday he could not provide further evidence to back this up.

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