--- title: "Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin gets $100 million in donated crypto back from India" description: "the news covers the new receiving by Ethereum co-Founder Vitalik Buterin donated money back which is about $100 million from India Crypto relief fund." author: "Sanjay Goenka" published: 2022-02-01 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1325/ethereum-co-founder-vitalik-buterin-gets-100-million-in-donated-crypto-back-from-india category: "cryptocurrency" tags: ["technology", "cryptoexcchange", "technology news", "cryptocurrency", "ethereum-investment"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin gets $100 million in donated crypto back from India > **Co-founder of [Ethereum](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1274/lucky-solo-ethereum-miner-bags-540-000-as-reward-after-mining-entire-block) Vitalik Buterin gets back his $100 million donated crypto back from India crypto relief fund.** Buterin has revealed the plan that how he will use this $100 million received by India crypto relief fund. He also told that he has made a new organisation named ‘Balvi’ and it will direct the funds to **COVID-19 relief [projects](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/105927/how-to-excel-at-managing-multiple-projects)**. ### Highlighted Facts - $100 million USDC has been payback by CryptoRelief to Vitalik. - Vitalik being a non –Indian is expected to deploy relief funds quicker. - Vitalik Buterin has donated 50 trillion SHIB tokens to India Covid Relief Fund. #### Read More: [Ahead of Budget Session of Parliament And Crypto Bill Timeline in India](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1305/ahead-of-budget-session-of-parliament-and-crypto-bill-timeline-in-india) Ethereum co-founder Vitalik buterin is getting back its donated amount of SHIB tokens to Indian COVID Relief Fund in 2021 which was [named as](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62213/name-the-cricketer-who-was-named-as-the-player-of-the-tournament-in-cricket-world-cup-2019) India Crypto Relief Fund or **CryptoRelief**. Buterin has told that CryotoRelief is sending back $100 million worth of cryptocurrency from SHIB and he said he has some plan to invest the amount for COVID Relief projects where the risk is at high project [worldwide](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/99997/what-is-worldwide-developers-conference-held-by-apple). He also said that he has founded a new organisation that will use that funds for the COVID Relief Projects worldwide on his behalf. The new launch of **Balvi** will be [responsible](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94149/who-is-one-of-the-responsible-person-for-the-department-of-space-dos) for sending the funds worldwide for the work of Relief of Covid-19 Virus. The use of the SHIB tokens will be transferred to that area of higher risk. ![Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin gets $100 million in donated crypto back from India](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/641521/acd062be-1664-4ec9-982f-15dcfa3a5fee/images/5d768196-d562-4605-9515-ea6446d23300.png)\ ![Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin gets $100 million in donated crypto back from India](https://www.mindstick.com/usernews/641521/acd062be-1664-4ec9-982f-15dcfa3a5fee/images/dc245ff3-185c-4665-9102-340607e7c53f.png)\ **Sandeep Nailwal, the co-founder of Polygon and Covid relief fund** has verified the statement of Butrerin. He said that the funds will be transferred to Buterin and such need was to mainly avoid the conflicts with Indian Laws on the distribution of relief funds. He also added “Considering funds [foreign](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2164/here-are-the-best-foreign-universities-for-higher-education) origin and laws of India, crypto relief followed a systematic [controlled](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81837/has-pakistan-controlled-corona-pandemic), and robust [approach](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/985/what-are-the-approaches-that-you-will-follow-for-making-a-program-very-efficient) is disbursing funds mandated to be utilized for India. But Being an Indian Citizen (NRI), I have to be extra cautious in any of the projects being donated to,” said in its statement. #### Read More: [PM Modi says ''Cryptocurrency challenges need similar mindset among countries' in Davos](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1245/pm-modi-says-cryptocurrency-challenges-need-similar-mindset-among-countries-in-davos) --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1325/ethereum-co-founder-vitalik-buterin-gets-100-million-in-donated-crypto-back-from-india Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.