Yesterday, rumors started circulating again on social media that Vitalik Buterin had died or gone missing. Every time you see something like that, you start to panic. But no, it's just another fake. In reality, something completely different happened.

It turns out that in March of last year, the Ethereum Foundation announced a leadership change. Hsiao-Wei Wang, who had been researching Ethereum for seven years, and Tomasz Stancek from Nethermind joined the team. This sparked a wave of criticism within the community regarding how the foundation manages the project. Vitalik responded that more respect should be given to the foundation's work. But the main point is—he hasn't disappeared and continues to develop the network, proposing improvements like increasing throughput and supporting Layer-2 solutions.

By the way, this isn't the first time such rumors have surfaced. I remember in 2017, there was news that Vitalik Buterin had died in a car accident in Canada. ETH's price then dropped by 21% in a week. Later, he posted a tweet with proof that he was alive. So, the crypto world is a place where fake news can seriously impact the market. Don't believe rumors right away.