Ethereum’s co-founder Vitalik Buterin announced that he burned almost 90% of his Shiba Inu cryptocurrency and donated the rest. Over 40 percent of the cryptocurrency in circulation is out of the market, as reported by Business Insider. Burning and donating coins were the only options, said Buterin. The co-founder donated coins worth $1 billion to a COVID-19 relief fund in India. The creators of the joke cryptocurrency gave him 50 percent of all Shiba Inu tokens.
What are Shiba Inu holdings?
Shiba Inu holdings were created by Ryoshi in August 2020. The meme coin or joke coin is the rival of Dogecoin, another cryptocurrency. The new cryptocurrency got the nickname Dogecoin Killer upon release.
As of May 17, 2021, one token equaled close to $0.0000161. One can trade them through Uniswap or CoinDCX in USD and BUSD.
How different are the 2 meme coins?
Dogecoin created using an open-source technology similar to Bitcoin is different from the new token. The Shiba Inu tokens also use Ethereum. It uses RRC-20 tokens. It means that they are fungibles, unlike non-fungible tokens (NFTs). NFTs use a Ethereum ERC-721 token.
How can you ‘burn’ cryptocurrency?
Burning cryptocurrency does not involve fire. But It is a sure-shot way to take it out of circulation. The term burning in investor terms is sending it to an inaccessible public address for disuse. As of now, 40 percent of the tokens, worth a total of $7 billion, have been burnt. Apart from this, the Ethereum founder announced that he donated some of his Shiba Inu tokens. How exactly is this possible? Well, cryptocurrency to Not-for-profit organizations and charities that accept cryptocurrency. Buterin urged token creators to avoid sending large amounts of cryptocurrency coins or tokens to charities and individuals without consent. As a result, It is better to just print the coins into the hands of a worthy charity directly”, he added.