Vitalik Buterin Sells 1,869 ETH for $3.67M as Price Falls to $1,875

Vitalik Buterin sold 1,869 ETH worth $3.67 million over two days in February 2026 as ETH fell from $1,988 to $1,875, a 5.7% drop, Lookonchain data show. The sales followed a 3,500 ETH withdrawal from Aave, and he previously offloaded 6,958 ETH valued at $14.78 million during a separate decline from $2,360 to $1,825. On January 30, he said the Ethereum Foundation entered a period of mild austerity and withdrew 16,384 ETH for multiyear operations, and by February 2 he had sold $6.6 million in ETH over three days at an average near $2,228 per token.