Ukraine Says It has Received Crypto Donation Requests, Is Crypto Good For War?
Russia has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on many fronts on Thursday, leading the Ukrainian government to mobilize troops, arm citizens, and appeal to foreign leaders for assistance. As world leaders have warned for weeks, Russian President Vladimir Putin has started a “unprovoked and unjustified attack” on Ukraine, according to US President Joe Biden. […]
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The CryptoPunk 5364 NFT was donated to the Aid For Ukraine campaign by user 0x165cd3 who procured the artwork back on March 1, 2022. It took cross-border sanctions and an escalating war for the Ukrainian government to realize the importance of cryptocurrencies as it witnessed uninterrupted monetary aid in the form of crypto and nonfungible tokens (NFT).In a continued effort to aid the needs of its citizens and the nation, the Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, Alex Bornyakov, announced the sale of a CryptoPunks NFT for 90 Ether (ETH) that was received as a donation on....
Coinbase has revealed that it received a total of 1,914 requests for customer data from global law enforcement agencies during the first six months of 2020. It is, however, not clear how many of the requests were fulfilled. In its first so-called“transparency report” published Friday, the U.S. crypto exchange – which boasts a user base of 38 million – said 97% of the requests had to do with criminal investigations. U.S. agencies accounted for the biggest number of requests, sending 1,113 requisitions or 58% of the total. At least 441 (23%) came from the U.K., 176 or....
The official Ukraine crypto wallets are now accepting donations from the Polkadot (DOT) ecosystem; cofounder Gavin Wood has donated $5.8 million or 298,367 DOT. Calls from the crypto community for Ukraine to accept other cryptocurrencies have been answered. The official Ukraine Twitter account shared that it will now accept donations from Polkadot (DOT), while other cryptocurrencies will soon be added. The people of Ukraine are grateful for the support and donations from the global crypto community as we protect our freedom. We are now accepting Polkadot donations too: $DOT:....
Ukraine donation numbers have soared following the invasion by Russia. The country which had turned to crypto as a way to receive support from around the globe has found it to be one of its most efficient avenues since then. The amount of crypto donated grew rapidly as prominent figures and entities such as Polkadot […]
No official public announcement was made regarding the large sum donation. As told by Aid for Ukraine, a joint initiative created by the Ukrainian government, FTX, Everstake and Kuna to rally crypto donations for the country, Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin made $5 million worth of ETH donations to Ukraine in early April. According to the entity, despite the large donation sum, Buterin did not make an announcement regarding the transaction. It was eventually linked to him via the Ethereum Name Service domain name "vitalik.eth," which served as the origin of the....