According to @CoinMarketCap, Vitalik Buterin donated roughly $765,000 worth of ETH to privacy messaging apps Session and SimpleX and said permissionless account creation and metadata privacy are critical next steps for encrypted communication, source: @CoinMarketCap (X, Nov 28, 2025). For trading context, ETH is the asset used in the donation and the announcement centers on privacy-focused communication tooling that could draw attention to Ethereum-related privacy narratives without implying price impact, source: @CoinMarketCap (X, Nov 28, 2025). The source did not mention any token tickers for Session or SimpleX, which limits direct token exposure considerations for traders, source: @CoinMarketCap (X, Nov 28, 2025).