Peek into Vitalik Buterin’s Ethereum wallet and you’re going to see a Shiba Inu coin worth billions of dollars.
But it’s not like Buterin is sniffing out digital pets in the form of ERC20 tokens. Projects like “Shiba Inu,” “Akita Inu,” “Huskytoken,” and others gifted their own supply to the Ethereum co-founder to arguably popularize their tokens amidst the ongoing Dogecoin frenzy (DOGE has found its place on a literal moon mission.
A billion-dollar Shiba
Buterin’s ETH holdings crossed the $1 billion mark last week after the asset crossed the $3,000 price level. It is now worth over $1.3 billion, making the 27-year-old one of the world’s youngest billionaires.
But some other tokens in his wallet are valued eightfold of that. As the below image shows, Shiba Inu (SHIB), a Dogecoin-like meme coin that has pumped 43,860.0% in the past 30 days, is now worth a staggering $8.4 billion.
On its website, SHIB is positioned as a “decentralized meme token” that locked 50%
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