WikiLeaks Remained Afloat Thanks to Returns on Bitcoin Investments
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has revealed in a new book that his organization managed to stay afloat thanks to "strategic investments" in bitcoin that helped the organization cover piling costs in financial and legal areas, The Daily Dot reports. WikiLeaks - much to the disapproval of world governments - is a journalistic outlet that publishes secret information. Its controversial work has led major financial institutions like PayPal, VISA, and MasterCard to block funds serving as donations, with an attempt to financially cripple the organization to its demise. Using bitcoin, however,....
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Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, still confined in the Ecuador embassy in London, revealed interesting bits of WikiLeaks - and Bitcoin - history in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) open Q/A session on Reddit today. The AMA was dedicated to Assange's new book "When Google Met WikiLeaks." Julian Assange Saves Bitcoin from WikiLeaks. In a comment on Reddit, Julian Assange says he has written about Bitcoin in his new book, and highlights the following footnote: On 5 December 2010, just after VISA, MasterCard, PayPal, Amazon, and other financial companies started denying service to WikiLeaks,....
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.....
Julian Assange has described how bitcoin founder 'Satoshi Nakamoto' asked him not to use the fledgling digital currency for WikiLeaks fundraising, and how going along with that request helped protect bitcoin from government scrutiny during its early days. The revelations came in a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) session set up by the WikiLeaks founder to promote his new book, When Google Met WikiLeaks. Most of the Q&A revolved around WikiLeaks and politics, but the subject of bitcoin was raised on more than one occasion. Assange said: "There's lots on bitcoin in my book - on my thoughts on....
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....
Julian Assange lost internet access in an apparent attempt by the US government to prevent further leaks during Colombian peace negotiations. Assange lost internet access over the weekend, prompting the release of several hashes, which initially led to some speculation that he had been killed. Wikileaks tweeted the outage on Monday: According to Wikileaks, Ecuador cut off access under pressure from US Secretary of State John Kerry, who sought to stop the publication of additional leaks regarding Hillary Clinton while peace negotiations between the Colombian government and the FARC rebels....