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In a latest develoment, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said he would accept an invitation to be the “adoptive father” of pygmy hippo Moo Deng when she grows up. He is also donating 10 million Thai baht ($300,000) to the Khao Kheow Open Zoo near Bangkok where the five-month-old lives, he shared in an X post Thursday. He shared that 2 donations of 5,000,000 THB will be made, with the first donation being made on December 26. The donations, made in Moo Deng’s name, will be used to upgrade general zoo operations and create a dedicated pygmy hippo habitat within the premises. A memecoin she inspired, MOODENG on Solana, went similarly viral and hit a market capitalization of above $600 million in November after bagging listings on Binance and Coinbase.