Vitalik Buterin 收养侏儒河马宝宝，MOODENG Meme 代币飙升 95%

以太坊联合创始人维塔利克·布特林 (Vitalik Buterin) 成为 Moo Deng 的养父母，他的慈善之旅发生了意想不到的转变

Co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, has become the foster parent of Moo Deng, a baby pygmy hippo at Thailand’s Khao Kheow Open Zoo, and donated 10 million Thai baht ($286,800) to the zoo’s Wildlife Sponsorship Program.

以太坊联合创始人 Vitalik Buterin 成为泰国 Khao Kheow 开放动物园的侏儒河马宝宝 Moo Deng 的养父母，并向该动物园的野生动物赞助计划捐赠了 1000 万泰铢（合 286,800 美元）。

“We are honored to have Mr. Vitalik Buterin join the Wildlife Sponsorship Program and adopt Moo Deng with a generous gift of 10,000,000 THB for her family,” the zoo announced on Monday.

动物园周一宣布：“我们很荣幸 Vitalik Buterin 先生加入野生动物赞助计划，并为 Moo Deng 的家人收养了 10,000,000 泰铢的慷慨礼物。”

The funds, to be provided in two installments, will go towards Moo Deng’s care, her family’s upkeep, and the construction of a 1,600-square-meter educational center at the zoo to raise awareness about pygmy hippos.

这些资金将分两期提供，将用于 Moo Deng 的护理、她家人的维持以及在动物园建造一个 1,600 平方米的教育中心，以提高人们对侏儒河马的认识。

“I am delighted to accept your invitation to be Moo Deng’s adoptive father while she grows up, and to donate the zoo in her name no less than 10,000,000 THB,” Buterin said in a letter shared by the zoo.

“我很高兴接受你们的邀请，在 Moo Deng 长大后成为她的养父，并以她的名义向动物园捐赠不少于 10,000,000 泰铢，”Buterin 在动物园分享的一封信中说道。

The zoo aims to use Buterin’s contribution to highlight the misconceptions surrounding pygmy hippos, which are often mistaken for their larger, more aggressive counterparts. These smaller, shy, and nocturnal creatures play a crucial role in their ecosystems, making their protection all the more important.

该动物园旨在利用 Buterin 的贡献来强调人们对侏儒河马的误解，因为侏儒河马经常被误认为是体型更大、更具攻击性的同类。这些体型较小、害羞的夜行生物在其生态系统中发挥着至关重要的作用，因此对它们的保护显得更加重要。

MOODENG Token Surges 95% Post-Adoption

MOODENG 代币采用后飙升 95%

Within an hour of the adoption announcement, the MOODENG meme token—a cryptocurrency inspired by Moo Deng—saw its value increase by 95%.

在宣布采用后的一个小时内，MOODENG meme 代币（一种受 Moo Deng 启发的加密货币）的价值增加了​​ 95%。

The token, which was trading at $0.0001240 earlier on Monday, experienced a surge in activity following the news, reaching a peak of $0.0002417 on the same day. Trading volumes also saw a substantial increase of 525%.

该代币周一早些时候的交易价格为 0.0001240 美元，消息传出后活动激增，当天达到 0.0002417 美元的峰值。交易量也大幅增长525%。

Major crypto exchanges, such as Coinbase, quickly listed MOODENG, further contributing to its popularity among traders.

Coinbase等主要加密货币交易所迅速上线MOODENG，进一步提升了其在交易者中的受欢迎程度。

Buterin, who visited Thailand earlier this year for Devcon in Bangkok and made a trip to the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in November, had expressed his interest in supporting the country’s wildlife conservation efforts.

Buterin 今年早些时候访问了泰国，参加了曼谷的 Devcon，并于 11 月访问了 Khao Kheow 开放动物园，他表达了支持该国野生动物保护工作的兴趣。

The adoption of Moo Deng aligns with Buterin’s history of charitable actions, such as converting $1.6 million in meme coins into ETH for philanthropic causes.

Moo Deng 的采用与 Buterin 的慈善行动历史一致，例如将 160 万美元的 Meme 币兑换成 ETH 用于慈善事业。

The gesture, which coincided with Christmas, was met with widespread appreciation within the crypto and charity sectors.

这一举措恰逢圣诞节，受到了加密货币和慈善领域的广泛赞赏。

Buterin, a known supporter of meme coins contributing to good causes, has also spoken about the possibility of creating decentralized autonomous organizations to formalize such initiatives.

Buterin 是一位为公益事业做出贡献的模因币的知名支持者，他也谈到了创建去中心化自治组织来正式实施此类举措的可能性。

The zoo’s initiative, bolstered by Buterin’s donation, will help ensure that Moo Deng and her fellow pygmy hippos have a secure habitat and that the educational center will inform visitors about the unique traits of these animals, fostering empathy and conservation efforts.

在 Buterin 捐赠的支持下，动物园的举措将有助于确保 Moo Deng 和她的侏儒河马同伴拥有安全的栖息地，教育中心将向游客介绍这些动物的独特特征，培养同理心和保护工作。

Buterin’s involvement in blending technology with humanity-driven initiatives continues to inspire, with some experts, like economists Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok, suggesting he might one day be a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

Buterin 将技术与人类驱动的举措相结合的参与继续鼓舞人心，经济学家泰勒·考恩 (Tyler Cowen) 和亚历克斯·塔巴罗克 (Alex Tabarrok) 等一些专家表示，他有一天可能会成为诺贝尔经济学奖的候选人。