2025-01-01 23:02:58

Ethereum Creator Vitalik Buterin Donates $340,000 in ETH to Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev

Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of ETH to Alexey Pertsev, a developer of Tornado Cash, a crypto mixer once sanctioned by the US government. According to Etherscan data reported by crypto reporter Colin Wu, Buterin donated a total of 100 ETH to Pertsev on two occasions, helping him […] The post Ethereum Creator Vitalik Buterin Donates $340,000 in ETH to Tornado Cash Developer Alexey Pertsev appeared first on The Daily Hodl.
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