Journalist Unravels Wild Tale of Vitalik Buterin's $1 Billion Crypto Donation to Indian Covid Relief Fund
Back in 2021, amid the best of the bull run and the worst of the Covid-19 Pandemic, Vitalik Buterin made a now legendary donation of $1bn in SHIB to support Covid-19 efforts in India. Now almost two years later, an inves...
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Now almost two years later, an investigation by top crypto journalist Isabel Hunter (DL News) has revealed that only as little as 5% of the original donation made it to Covid relief efforts in India....
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