Vitalik Buterin Sells Meme Coins to USDC, Spark Minor Market Fluctuations

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has engaged in a familiar practice: exchanging unsolicited meme tokens for USDC through decentralized swaps. In a transaction on November 1, 2025, he converted approximately $14,200 worth of meme coins, including over 275 trillion CAT tokens, into USDC via LiFi Diamond. This action aligns with Buterin’s longstanding effort to remove unsolicited airdropped tokens and maintain market integrity.