Ukraine has received $37M in tracked crypto donations so far
Developers from Polkadot and VeChain have put an additional $13M on the table as well. Based on data gathered by Cointelegraph, the amount of tracked crypto donations sent to the Ukrainian government, military and charities has surpassed $37 million at the time of publication. These include Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Tether (USDT) and other altcoins. The numbers are also based on tracked projects and do not account for items such as donation efforts between individuals.The biggest recipient of crypto donations appears to be the "Reserve fund of Ukraine," backed by the country's native....
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