Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, took the top spot in the "KOL mindshare" ranking on Crypto X last week, despite a wave of criticism against the blockchain and the Ethereum Foundation.

- Buterin explained that ETH sales are used to pay developers and researchers who support the network.

- He emphasized that the Ethereum Foundation avoids staking all of its ETH to avoid making an "official choice" in the event of a hard fork.

📉 Negative sentiment is amplified by ETH's weak price dynamics compared to BTC and SOL.