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Ethereum's cofounder Vitalik Buterin sells more ether while prices continues to slide
The latest sales are part of a broader plan announced in late January to fund ecosystem development and other initiative.
By Omkar Godbole|Edited by Oliver Knight
Updated Feb 23, 2026, 3:07 p.m. Published Feb 23, 2026, 10:15 a.m.
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Vitalik Buterin steps up ether sales in a weak market. (Wikipedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0/Modified by CoinDesk)
What to know:
- Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin has sold 1,869 ether, worth about $3.67 million, over the past two days, amid an already weak market.
- The latest sales are part of a broader plan announced in late January to fund ecosystem development and other initiatives.
Ethereum's cofounder, Vitalik Buterin, is offloading millions of ether (ETH), adding bearish pressure to an already weak market.
Buterin has sold 1,869 ether, worth $3.67 million, over two days, having withdrawn 3,500 ether from Aave, according to data tracked by blockchain sleuth Lookonchain.
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Ether's price has declined nearly 3% over the past 48 hours, hitting a 20-day low of $1,844 at one point early Monday, CoinDesk data shows. The token has been in a downtrend since hitting a high of over $4,900 in August last year.
Since Feb. 2, Buterin has supposedly sold over 8,000 ether. These sales follow a Jan. 30 announcement that he would withdraw and liquidate his 16,384 ether to finance ecosystem development, open-source software and other key initiatives while the Ethereum Foundation enters a "mild austerity" phase.
Still, as of writing, Buterin held over 224,000 ether, worth $429 million, according to Arkham Intelligence.
While Buterin has been trimming his holdings, this supply is being gobbled up by the likes of ShapeShift Founder Erik Voorhees and a whale associated with crypto services provider Matrixport.
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