Iggy Azalea slams Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin for singing at Singapore TOKEN2049. The Australian rapper’s recent actions escalates an ongoing feud with the blockchain founder despite his constant disregard for her contemptuous stance.
In the most recent episode, Azalea slams Buterin over his singing at Singapore's TOKEN2049 event. The performance, which was about Ethereum's milestones and ambitions, received widespread acceptance within the Ethereum crypto community. However, Buterin doesn't feel the same way.
Iggy Azalea Throws Shades at Buterin Over Conference Song
Buterin’s song was about reducing transaction fees with L2 solutions. The reduction similarly translates to reduced confirmation times after the Merge. The blockchain founder’s song also courted a middle line between mainstream adoption and the preservation of decentralized systems.
The rest of the crypto community received the news with amusement and regard. While some found it refreshing, others found it eerie from someone renowned for his distaste for public attention.
One of the notable individuals who praised Vitalik for his bold move was Justin Sun, founder of TRON. Vitalik, however, who has often been reserved and silent on many public issues, never mentioned Iggy directly in his surprise rendition.
Buterin only spoke about how unhappy he was about a specific group of celebrities who recently joined the crypto ecosystem. In Buterin's appraisal, these "celebrities" neither cared about the ecosystem nor understood it.
He recommended that such unnamed public figures concentrate on creating tokens that provide actual value to others. Azalea took Buterin’s comments personally and began throwing shades at him via multiple posts of X.
Meanwhile, Azalea hosted her crypto-themed event in Las Vegas last week, promoting a meme coin she founded, MOTHER, and her new online casino, Motherland. Members of the crypto community and other celebrities attended the event. However, expectedly, the event was also riddled with much controversy.
The rapper sang hit songs like "Fancy" and "Kream" to the attendees' excitement. Following her performance, the rapper mingled with guests, including crypto influencers and fans of her projects.
Pictures and videos of the event began making rounds after the event, describing a seemingly extremely indecent gathering that opposes the industry's ideals. In her usual manner, Iggy took to X and mocked those who faulted her event.
While she didn’t mention the Ethereum founder’s name directly, she provided enough information to indicate the partial object of her diss. Iggy’s post reads:
"A lot of y'all online are very boring and big mad. Lmfao. Let people let loose and have fun for a night. I don't complain about watching you all mumble around on conference stages singing songs about crypto or other loser shit I'd be embarrassed as fuck to post."
She went on to dismiss critics – including Buterin – as being irrelevant and impractical. The reality, however, is that hosting such flashy events to promote a crypto project or an online casino falls short of the industry's credibility standards. Azalea's event could reinforce wrong stereotypes about the industry's links to gambling and get-rich-quick schemes rather than a vital financial technology.
Conclusion
Australian rapper Iggy Azalea throws shade at Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin for singing at Singapore TOKEN2049. After hosting a flashy crypto-themed event while promoting her online casino, Azalea took to social media to slam critics of her approach, including Buterin, who had previously called out celebrities who neither cared about the crypto ecosystem nor understood it.