Buterin Urges Store-of-Value Focus for ETH, Not Fee Burns

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin argued that ETH should be positioned as a store of value rather than optimized for fee burns. He supports keeping EIP-1559 but warns that maximizing fees could price out users and undermine decentralization. The comments are a philosophical steer on Ethereum's economics rather than a protocol change, so traders have no immediate catalyst, though they signal how influential figures frame ETH's long-term value case.