Canadian Trucker Protest Bypasses Fundraising Restrictions With Bitcoin
The Freedom Convoy has resorted to bitcoin donations after GoFundMe shut down its initial fundraising campaign.Freedom Convoy, a cohort of Canadian truckers protesting for the end of COVID-related mandates in the country and the restoration of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom, had received C$10 million ($7.8 million) in donations until its fundraising platform, GoFundMe, froze their funds on Friday alleging violations of its terms of service.“GoFundMe supports peaceful protests and we believe that was the intention of the Freedom Convoy 2022 fundraiser when it was first created,”....
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The Canadian government has warned that more financial accounts and cryptocurrency wallets will be frozen as law enforcement attempts to end the Freedom Convoy trucker protest. However, truckers are standing their ground even after the police arrested two protest organizers. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says, “It’s high time that these illegal and dangerous activities stop.” More Accounts Will Be Frozen as Trudeau Vows to Stop Freedom Convoy Trucker Protest The Canadian government has confirmed that a number of financial accounts and cryptocurrency wallets have been....
Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has ended the use of the Emergencies Act invoked last week to deal with the Freedom Convoy trucker protest. The Canadian police have also instructed financial institutions to unfreeze accounts previously frozen. “The situation is no longer an emergency, therefore the federal government will be ending the use of the Emergencies Act … We are confident that existing laws and bylaws are sufficient,” said the prime minister. Trudeau Ends Emergencies Act Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday that he is....
Police are believed to have sent ultimatums to protestors dwelling in the Ottawa downtown, telling them to "leave now." As reported by Canadian news outlet The Globe and Mail, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Canada's federal police force) sent letters to several cryptocurrency exchanges demanding that they "cease facilitating any transactions" with more than 30 specific cryptocurrency wallet addresses linked to the ongoing truck protests in the country. The letter writes:"Any information about a transaction or proposed transaction in respect of these addresses, is to be disclosed....