2 years ago
Ukraine expanded its cryptocurrency fundraising efforts by opening a Polkadot wallet aft promises of a $5 cardinal idiosyncratic donation from Polkadot laminitis Gavin Wood.
Wood sent 298,367 DOT (worth $5.3 cardinal astatine property time) astatine 14:10 UTC, according to blockchain data.
The Wood donation brings the full magnitude of DOT contributed to 309,939 DOT ($6.0 million) arsenic of property time.
It comes arsenic crypto holders the satellite implicit determination donations into the war-torn country. Over $20 cardinal successful crypto donations person been sent truthful far, with Binance donating $10 cardinal and manufacture leaders Sam Bankman-Fried and Deepak Thapliyal besides contributing ample sums.
According to digital plus probe firm Elliptic, determination person been much than 24,000 integer plus donations since the commencement of the Russian invasion. One bitcoin (BTC) whale donated $3 cardinal alone.
DOT is currently trading astatine $19.36, according to CoinGecko, up 13% successful 24 hours arsenic the crypto marketplace continues to rally.
UPDATE (March 1, 14:30 UTC): Adds Wood donation. Updates numbers.
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