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Blockchain sleuths flagged a $14.9 million transfer of USDC coming from a wallet associated with Vitalik Buterin. Blockchain sleuths have zeroed in on a recent transaction from a wallet associated with Ethereum co- found er Vitalik Buterin, where he transferred $14.9 million worth of USD Coin (USDC) to the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini. According to an Oct. 17 post from blockchain analytics firm PeckShield on X, Buterin’s wallet “Vitalik.eth” transferred $14.93 million to Gemini on Oct. 16. The transaction was independently verified by Cointelegraph on Etherscan. #PeckShieldAlert #vitalik.eth haas transferred ~15M $USDC (Multisig Contract 0xf207...D5a3) to #Gemini pic.twitter.com/6FZGKLKg9Z — PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) October 17, 2023 Vitalik received the original sum of 14.93 million USDC from Kanro, a charity affiliated with Vitalik on Oct. 14. Separate Analysis from crypto data provider Lookonchain found that Buterin had also recently transferred nearly $500,000 ...

Grayscale’s Ethereum, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash Trusts are at steep discounts as concerns whirl around Digital Currency Group’s liquidity. The Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) is trading at nearly a 60% discount to the underlying value of its assets, with shares falling 93% from its Jun. 2019 all-time high (ATH). There are many reasons behind the ongoing decline, but in recent weeks fears have grown that fallout from parent company Digital Currency Group’s debt of approximately $1.675 billion to troubled crypto lender Genesis could impact Grayscale assets. YCharts data shows a 59.39% discount at the time of writing, a level the trust has traded at since at least Dec. 28. A one-year chart for the Grayscale Ethereum Trust’s discount. Image: YCharts Crypto Twitter influencer “db” tweeted an image on Jan. 4 depicting the entire collection of Grayscale crypto-based trusts with statistics showing their respective premium. Every Grayscale trust and their respective premium % pic.twitter.com/T...