作者：Brayden Lindrea，CoinTelegraph；编译：邓通，金色财经
以太坊联合创始人 Vitalik Buterin 又将他收到的价值 160 万美元的 memecoin 兑换成了以太坊，他此前承诺将这些钱捐给慈善机构。
区块链分析公司 Spot On Chain 在 10 月 13 日的 X 帖子中指出，此次出售包括价值 982,800 美元的 Moo Deng (MOODENG)、价值 231,000 美元的 Monsterra (MSTR) 和价值 183,000 美元的 ETHEREUM IS GOOD (EBULL)。
Buterin 还出售了 Popcat (POPCAT)、Fwog (FWOG) 和 vitalek buteren (VITALIK) 的持股。
Spot On Chain 在 10 月 13 日表示，他现在已经将价值 278 万美元的 memecoin 兑换成以太坊，并在过去九天里向慈善机构捐赠了价值 884,000 美元的善款。
来源：Spot On Chain
Buterin 赞扬了 memecoin 发行者向他发送代币进行捐赠，但建议他们考虑直接捐赠。
10 月 7 日，Buterin 在 X 帖子中表示，他将把收到的全部 100 亿个 memecoin 代币捐赠给一个致力于抗空气传播疾病技术的组织。
来源：Vitalik Buterin
8 月 15 日，Buterin 将过去 12 个月收到的所有以动物为主题的 memecoin 捐赠给了 Effective Altruism Funds 的动物福利基金。
Buterin 的更多捐款也即将到来。
Spot On Chain 的数据显示，他的 7 亿美元加密货币投资组合仍然包括 240 万美元的 MOODENG 代币、14.4 万美元的 Neiro (NEIRO)、11.7 万美元的 MSTR 和 8 万美元的 Degen (DEGEN)。
Buterin 长期以来一直认为 memecoin 可以通过资助重要的公共项目甚至让低收入国家的人们谋生，为社会做出积极贡献。
与此同时，Buterin 猛烈抨击以名人为主题的 memecoin，这些 memecoin 的目的只是让名人和早期投资者致富。
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