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Vitalik Buterin Receives 6.29M STRK in One-Year Unlock Worth About $1 Million

The on-chain transfer reflects a scheduled vesting tied to his early support of Starknet in 2018.

Overview

  • On Oct. 9, on-chain analyst Ai Yi reported that Buterin’s wallet received roughly 6.20–6.29 million STRK from a one-year unlock.
  • The allocation was issued in 2024, and he deposited the locked tokens to Binance when they were first received.
  • STRK trades around $0.16, down about 60% year over year, after an all-time high of $4.41 reached in February 2024.
  • Per Arkham Intelligence, STRK is now the second-largest asset in Buterin’s wallet at roughly $1.01 million in value.
  • Previous on-chain activity includes a 2.11 million STRK unlock in May 2024 and a 1.26 million STRK withdrawal in September 2024.