Ethereum Price Prediction: Vitalik’s 16K ETH Tests $2.7K Edge
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Ethereum faces a defining moment as Vitalik Buterin shifts strategy at the foundation level while ETH price revisits a major technical support zone. The convergence of long term structural planning and near term market pressure places Ethereum at a clear inflection point. Ethereum Foundation plans “mild austerity” as Vitalik Buterin deploys 16,384 ETH for open tech Vitalik Buterin said the Ethereum Foundation is entering “a period of mild austerity” over the next five years as it aims to push an aggressive development roadmap while also preserving long term financial durability. He described the shift as a way to keep Ethereum focused on performance and scalability without weakening decentralization, sustainability, or robustness. Buterin said he will personally take on work that might otherwise have sat inside the foundation as special projects. He framed the effort around building a full stack of open source, secure, and verifiable software and hardware that can protect both private life and public environments. He linked that direction to his earlier writing on “openness and verifiability,” and he said the stack should cover areas such as finance tools, communication, governance software, blockchains, operating systems, secure hardware, and some biotech tied to personal and public health. To fund that work, Buterin said he withdrew 16,384 ETH and will deploy it toward these goals over the next few years. Several crypto outlets valued the sum at roughly $44 million to $45 million at the time of reporting, although the dollar figure moves with market prices. He also said he is exploring secure decentralized staking options so staking rewards can support the same mission over a longer period. In the post, he positioned Ethereum as a core part of the plan, while he emphasized use cases tied to self sovereignty, security, and privacy rather than broad expansion for its own…
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