**Cryptocurrency News:**

**Vitalik Buterin's Response to Criticism**

- The Ethereum community has expressed concern over the Ethereum Foundation's sale of ETH.

- Vitalik Buterin explained that the proceeds from the sale go to pay researchers and developers.

- The sale also supports privacy technologies and user security.

**Support for Decentralization**

- The Foundation avoids staking to avoid making official decisions in the event of hard forks.

- This helps maintain the decentralized nature of Ethereum.