While 2024 was almost the year of meme coins the Neiro token, which was released in July, did not attract Vitalik Buterin’s interest. Buterin sold 17 billion Neiro tokens sent to him. As it is known, projects can make such “airdrops” to Buterin’s wallet from time to time to advertise and publicise their names.
He sold all of them
Buterin sold all of these Neiro tokens sent to him tonight. Buterin obtained 44.4 ETH from these tokens, which corresponds to 4% of Neiro’s total supply.
First fell, then skyrocketed
The fact that Buterin was seen selling these tokens also brought a serious drop in price. While the token price fell more than 60 per cent, it then rose a staggering 200%.
The project team also stated in a statement that their aim was never to advertise through Buterin. The team, however, asked Buterin to ‘politely’ donate a portion of the sale to shelters established to help injured dogs.
The Japanese family who owned the dog named Kabosu, who gave Dogecoin its name, later bought a new dog and announced that they named him Neiro. Following this announcement, many meme coins were issued on both Ethereum and Solana blockchains on behalf of Neiro.