Vitalik Buterin donates 430 million won to Thai zoo
As the news spread, the price of the coin of the same name soared.
The founder of Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is said to have donated about 430 million won by adopting Mudeng, a baby hippopotamus from Thailand that is popular around the world.
According to foreign media outlets such as Thailand’s Bangkok Post on the 27th (local time), Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin donated 10 million baht (about 430 million won) to the Khao Ki Fox Open Zoo in Thailand’s Chonburi Province, where Mudeng is located. informed.
Mudeng is a female pygmy hippopotamus born last June, and a video of her cute little appearance spread through social networking services (SNS) and became a hot topic around the world.
On the 19th of last month, Buterin visited the zoo wearing a shirt with Moudin on it, met Moudin in person, and this time reportedly sent a letter to the zoo expressing his intention to donate.
“What could be better than giving a Christmas gift to Mudeng, who is so precious to the Thai people?” he wrote in a letter. “I will gladly accept the offer to become Mudeng’s ‘adoptive father’ and donate 10 million baht in his name.”
He added, “I was deeply impressed by the zoo’s dedication to animal welfare, animal-related education, and publicity,” and added, “I was happy to hear about the zoo’s plans to improve the zoo through donations.”
The zoo operates an animal sponsorship program where donors can become honorary ‘foster parents’ of an animal if they make a donation. The zoo plans to use Buterin’s donation to create a 1,600 square meter living area for Mudin and his family.
Meanwhile, as news of this donation spread, the price and trading volume of ‘Mudin Coin’, a meme coin named after Mudin (a virtual currency created for fun by reflecting online trends, etc.), rose.
Immediately after the news that Buterin decided to become Mudin’s adoptive father, the price of Mudin Coin rose by about 70% and the trading volume increased by a whopping 1037%.
Mudeng’s presence is also of great help to Thailand’s local economy. According to the Bangkok Post, a local media outlet, tourism revenue in Thailand’s Chonburi Province is increasing rapidly thanks to Mudeng’s popularity.
The zoo said that the number of visitors to the zoo has surged from an average of 3,000 to 12,000 per day, and the number of foreign visitors has increased by 10%, with tourists from various countries such as Korea, China, Japan, France, and Germany visiting the zoo.
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