Buterin Pokes Fun at Himself 👀

Did Vitalik Buterin just ask his followers for a roast? ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Market Activity Total Market Cap $2.00 (-3.49%) 24 Hour Volume $104.54B (-10.11%) Notable Movers[(DOGE) $0.1874]( (+11.55%) Notable Movers (DeFi)[(SCRT) $7.77]( (+17.44%) Bitcoin Dominance 39.55 %[(-0.12)]( Bitcoin Price[(BTC) $42,159.12 (-3.57%)]( Ethereum Price[(ETH) $3,223.51 (-3.78%)]( Cardano Price[(ADA) $1,24 (-3.72%)]( Editor's Note Calling All Crypto Heads to the Vitalik Roast In a bizarre end-of-the-week Twitter thread, Ethereum boy genius Vitalik Buterin called on his followers to share the most "unhinged" criticisms of him that they’ve ever seen…sounds a little bit Michael Scott-like from The Office, don’t you think? We won’t spoil them all for you right away — check out the [full list]( of Vitalik-isms both here and below in our news roundup — but we will note that our personal favorite is meme of a digitally-altered, "old man" Vitalik proudly noting that Ethereum 2.0 has shipped. Other favorites in the comments in this deranged thread include Cozomo de’ Medici (the allegedly Snoop Dogg mega-NFT collector) tweeting: "Stay up king" and HEX’s Richard Heart adding: "I defend you as a founder that stayed working." Vitalik — we hope you’re doing ok! And we’ve already tweeted to tell you that. Today’s Top Stories Check out [CoinMarketCap Alexandria]( for tech deep dives, analysis, daily news and easy-to-understand guides on how crypto works! [Today’s Top Stories ] surges on Tesla news]( Dogecoin surged by 12% on Friday after Elon Musk confirmed that the memecoin can now be used to buy merchandise. Speculation had been growing for some time. 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He's the artist behind Frank Ape, a sasquatch-like creature who "lives in New York City amongst the humans but without human restrictions." Thanks for reading! Have a great day — more news tomorrow! [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Telegram]( Written by Molly Zuckerman and Connor Sephton Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up here](. WANT MORE CRYPTO BITES? [Sign up here]( for Daily Newsletters, Promotions and Events and Prices [App Store]( [Google Play]( [ADVERTISE]( | [CAREERS]( | [FAQ]( © 2022 CoinMarketCap [Update Settings]( | [Unsubscribe]( [coinmarketcap.com]( CoinMarketCap OpCo LLC, 8 The Green, STE 6703, Dover, Delaware 19901, United States