Bitcoin and Litecoin Top Sources of WikiLeaks Donations
Notorious nonprofit journalistic organization WikiLeaks revealed via Twitter on 24th January that the majority of its public funding now comes through bitcoin and litecoin donations. The tweet included a link to its official donation page, which lists major mainstream channels like American Express, MasterCard and PayPal. The organisation also accepts traditional bank transfers and Visa as other payment options. Did you know the majority of WikiLeaks public funding is #BitCoin and #LiteCoin? https://t.co/rHPkDhfEnT More: https://t.co/X4WB1IbPdQ. - WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 24, 2014.....
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Non-profit whistle-blowing outfit WikiLeaks today sent out a tweet with some pretty interesting information - at least to us in the cryptocurrency community. Did you know the majority of WikiLeaks public funding is #BitCoin and #LiteCoin? , the tweet read, with a link to a donation page and to a bitcoin address overview on Blockchain.info. That account reveals a bitcoin address that has received a total of about $3 million (3855 BTC), and a final balance of $8642 (11 BTC). The litecoin address has received nearly 509 LTC, which does not appear to have been spent. The fact that donations....
International whistleblowing organization WikiLeaks has published classified media and news leaks since it was founded in 2006. In 2011 – due to a payment blockade from traditional finance services – the nonprofit started accepting bitcoin. Since this time the group has accumulated a massive $2.9 million in bitcoin donations. WikiLeaks Has Raised 4,000....
WikiLeaks has received over $2.9 million in Bitcoin donations for its operations. The decentralized nature of Bitcoin makes it independent of conventional banking and payment systems. The very reason led to WikiLeaks adopt cryptocurrency payments as the main donation option on its website. The whistleblower site created by Julian Assange has the habit of constantly finding itself in the bad books of the governments, which in turn has impacted its access to banking services. A few years ago, PayPal and Valitor — a credit card payment service provider briefly stopped offering their services....
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