Vitalik Buterin sold 17,000 ETH this month as ether fell 37%

The Ethereum co-founder's tracked wallets dropped from 241,000 ETH to 224,000 ETH in February, with sales routed through CoW Protocol in small batches to limit market impact. What to know : Vitalik Buterin has reduced his ether holdings by about 17,000 ETH, or $43 million, in February after pledging a similar amount to fund privacy and security projects. The sales, executed in many small trades via the CoW Protocol, have coincided with a 37% drop in ether's price over the past month to around $1,900. Ether's decline and compressed staking yields near 2.8% have deepened unrealized losses for major corporate holders such as Bitmine Immersion Technologies.