What happened. On-chain watchers flagged a new 6.29M STRK allocation to Vitalik Buterin from a Starknet token unlock roughly a year after the prior tranche. At today’s STRK price (~$0.16), the haul is worth about $1.01M.
Why it matters. Coverage notes the grant ties back to Buterin’s early support of StarkWare (seed, Jan 2018). Crypto outlets citing Arkham add that STRK is now among his largest non-ETH positions. (ETH remains the vast majority of his portfolio.)
Context.
- STRK price: ≈ $0.16 today; ATH $4.41 (Feb 20, 2024). The token trades far below its early highs.
- History: Prior movements included ~845k STRK (May 2024) and ~1.268M STRK (Sep 2024) unlocks; some earlier STRK was later sent to Binance, per media/Arkham recaps.
What to watch. No signal (yet) that this new tranche has been sold; flows to exchanges would be the tell. Keep an eye on Arkham tags and exchange inflow trackers for follow-through.
