Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said he did not anticipate his Shiba Inu (SHIB) donations reaching hundreds of millions of dollars. The SHIB team had sent half of the token supply to its own public wallet, and after the tokens surged in value, sold part of the holdings for approximately $70 million worth of Ethereum. Buterin donated much of that amount to the Against Malaria Foundation, while sending a substantial portion of his remaining SHIB to CryptoRelief and the Future of Life Institute (FLI). He said limited market liquidity prevented the remaining tokens from being sold immediately. Buterin had expected the recipient organizations to raise only slightly more than $20 million by selling the tokens, but said CryptoRelief raised about $470 million and FLI may have raised between $400 million and $600 million. He also said FLI later focused on artificial-intelligence policy, despite his disagreement with some of its activities and an unsuccessful proposal to redirect resources. Separately, he said an initial DOGE investment of approximately $25,000 grew to more than $10 million.