If this is a fake news then this is the easiest way for coinidol to lose followers and readers, he has no reason to post a fake news if he is a bag holder or a paid shiller which I hope he is not because he could lose the reputation that takes him years to build but let's see and wait for the clarification.
How can vitalik to shill another altcoins if he have his own blockchain company behind. It will only take 2 or 3 mins reading into the article to see it was a FUD another fake news by coinidol. Vitalik has a huge brain instead of shilling other altcoins he probably improve the market and capability of his very own Ethereum network.