Lunch with Sumiko: Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin on FTX saga and crypto in Singapore

Vitalik Buterin conceived the Ethereum blockchain when he was just 19. He tells executive editor Sumiko Tan why he spent eight months in Singapore, and what he makes of the FTX debacle

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At 19, Russian-Canadian Vitalik Buterin co-founded the Ethereum blockchain platform. Today, while he is a multi-millionaire, he lives a nomadic lifestyle, living out of a 40-litre backpack.
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Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of the Ethereum blockchain and its cryptocurrency Ether, lives out of a backpack.

To be precise, a 40-litre Hynes Eagle travel backpack.

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