Inside Vitalik's 256 ETH grants: When Ethereum falls, privacy rises

Vitalik Buterin recently sent a 256 ETH ETH - $3029.238 grant to two messaging projects, Session and SimpleX Chat, without the usual ecosystem fanfare. The gesture was modest in size but pointed in intent, because both applications occupy a part of the internet that rarely gets real support: metadata-resistant communication.

Source: cryptoslate.com

Related symbols: ETHUSD

2025-12-02 21:19:05 GMT.

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