**News Flash: Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Eyed for Nobel Prize! 🏆**

- Economists Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok, from Marginal Revolution, have a surprising Nobel Prize pick: Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin.

- In their Oct. 8 podcast, Cowen praised Buterin for his contributions to monetary economics, saying, "What does someone have to do to get a Nobel Prize?"

- Tabarrok compared Ethereum's shift to proof-of-stake to changing car tires while driving!

- They also noted Buterin's agreeable nature and intellectual presence in the crypto world.

- The Nobel Prize for Economics winner will be announced on Oct. 14. Stay tuned!