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Milestone · May 17, 2021
Vitalik donates and burns SHIB
Buterin burns 90 percent of his SHIB and donates the rest.
SHIB close on May 17, 2021
$1.651e-05
Source: Binance SHIB/USDT daily close, 2021-05-17
$1.651e-05
Source: Binance SHIB/USDT daily close, 2021-05-17
In May 2021 Vitalik Buterin donated SHIB then worth about 1 billion dollars to an India COVID relief fund and burned most of the rest of his holdings.
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Source: Binance SHIB/USDT daily closes 2021-05-10 to 2021-09-08; Coinbase Exchange SHIB/USD daily closes 2021-09-09 to 2026-10-14. Fetched Oct 14, 2026 from free public APIs. Click a dot for the event and its price on that day.
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