Cryptocurrencies
Crypto’s Trumpian Embrace Is Leaving Bitcoin’s Big Rival Behind
Ethereum is still the second biggest cryptocurrency, with all outstanding Ether worth some $225 billion.
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Vitalik Buterin was long viewed as the wunderkind of the cryptocurrency world.
The gawky, playful founder of Ethereum — known for his rainbow-colored, animal-themed shirts — created the biggest competitor to Bitcoin and offered a techno-utopian vision that was supposed to change the financial system and our everyday digital lives.