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Kalush Orchestra, the winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, person successfully auctioned disconnected an NFT for charity. The auction was held connected MetaHistory — the authoritative Ukrainian charitable NFT depository – and raised $900,000 successful cryptocurrency for Ukraine.
MetaHistory and Kalush Orchestra’s NFT Charity Auction
The largest European crypto speech originating from Ukraine, WhiteBIT took location the iconic crystal microphone trophy. The auction connected the MetaHistory level raised $900,000 with the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 prize sale.
WhiteBIT simultaneously broke 2 Ukrainian records. They made the astir costly (500 ETH) acquisition of NFT and it’s the largest magnitude of donation during the unrecorded stream. The institution has a extremity to dispersed blockchain exertion and grow the cryptocurrency community, and possibly it was this that inspired them to found a grounds and springiness the largest donation to enactment their state with cryptocurrency.
“WhiteBIT is grateful to the planetary assemblage for supporting our state during this hard time. As Ukrainians, we privation our Western partners to cognize that Ukrainian businesses and entrepreneurs are besides investing each their resources to support the warring quality of our brave soldiers. The determination to donate successful this auction, organized by the Kalush Orchestra, was wholly conscious and thought-through. Indeed, $900,000, adjacent for a crystal microphone, is simply a lot. But $900,000 to assistance the Armed Forces is lone a tiny information of the afloat publication of each Ukrainians towards our communal victory,” – said Volodymyr Nosov, CEO of WhiteBIT.
At the aforesaid time, Kalush and MetaHistory’s ambitious collaboration does not extremity there. Co-founders of the Kalush Orchestra, the Ukrainian euphony statement ENKO has begun accumulation of a euphony NFT medium with invited celebrated Ukrainian and overseas artists. All funds raised besides volition spell to enactment Ukraine.
“Enko ever tries to beryllium up of others, this determines the leader. Therefore, I americium precise gladsome that we became an co-creator successful specified a historical lawsuit and grounds successful the signifier of a result. I americium grateful to the crypto-community and personally to Vladimir Nosov of Whitebit for specified a beardown gesture. I particularly privation to notation MetaHistory, due to the fact that I explicit my gratitude to VK for his connection to bash this lawsuit together. I tin lone adhd that Enko, MetaHistory and OhMyGod bureau are readying thing that volition interruption each the patterns and limits. Stay tuned,” – said Kateryna Dmytrenko, CEO Enko euphony statement (Kalush Orchestra label).
The squad of the assemblage agency OhMyGod helped with the selling of this lawsuit and supported the charitable initiative.
We person nary words, but we person 900 000$ for enactment of Ukraine! Auction is closed, crystal trophy of the Eurovision 2022 spell to @whitebit. Congratulations!🎉
Kalush, it’s your 2nd victory! All funds volition beryllium fixed to the Charitable Foundation of @serhiyprytula 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/6bLfdPsaMs
— Meta History: Museum of War (@Meta_History_UA) May 29, 2022
With this latest determination Ukrainians are erstwhile again demonstrating the benefits of NFT. In March, MetaHistory successfully launched its NFT postulation of artworks, raising $800,000 successful donations for Ukraine. The unsocial MetaHistory level dispels stereotypes astir NFTs and promotes them arsenic timeless and important modes of connection with the world. The level shows an illustration to the full satellite that NFTs tin beryllium useful, and their momentum to go a nationalist NFT level is increasing.
“As the founder, I americium blessed astir the historical lawsuit that took spot connected the MetaHistory platform, due to the fact that truthful acold nary 1 has minted the Eurovision trophy before. I americium grateful to the crypto-community and personally Volodymyr Nosov CEO of Whitebit, for their information and passionateness to win. The wealth raised volition decidedly beryllium portion of a associated effort to assistance our homeland successful this unspeakable aggression. MetaHistory volition proceed to make its enactment to amusement the satellite that NFT tin beryllium much than a speculative asset,” – said VK, the CEO of MetaHistory.
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