Elliptic report: Ukraine's government has received nearly $20M in ether and bitcoin; Binance will donate $10M in crypto
FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried, Chain.com CEO Deepak Thapliyal made significant donations to the humanitarian effort. — The Ukraine government's call for donations to resist …
CoinDesk Sam Reynolds
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Discussion
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@jonwu_
@jonwu_
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Someone used Aztec over the weekend to send 2,000 $DAI anonymously to the Ukraine crypto donation address. If you want to support causes with private crypto payments and donations, here's how: https://twitter.com/...
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@jacqmelinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
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In the past 5 days, $20 million in crypto donations have been crowdfunded for Ukraine Majority of it was $BTC and $ETH
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@elliptic
@elliptic
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The Ukrainian government and NGOs have now received $20 million in crypto donations since the invasion began, across more than 22,000 transactions https://www.elliptic.co/...
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@jacqmelinek
Jacquelyn Melinek
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The Ukrainian government posted its Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT wallet addresses for donations and received over $13M across 17K transactions. These are new figures as of 5 am EST Monday. Via @elliptic https://www.elliptic.co/...
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@fedorovmykhailo
@fedorovmykhailo
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I'm asking all major crypto exchanges to block addresses of Russian users. It's crucial to freeze not only the addresses linked to Russian and Belarusian politicians, but also to sabotage ordinary users.
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@sbf_ftx
@sbf_ftx
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we just gave $25 to each Ukrainian on FTX do what you gotta do
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@ukraine
@ukraine
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Stand with the people of Ukraine. Now accepting cryptocurrency donations. Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT. BTC - 357a3So9CbsNfBBgFYACGvxxS6tMaDoa1P ETH and USDT (ERC-20) - 0x165CD37b4C644C2921454429E7F9358d18A45 e14
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@fedorovmykhailo
@fedorovmykhailo
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Stand with the people of Ukraine Now accepting cryptocurrency donations. Ethereum. Bitcoin and Tether (USDTtrc20) BTC — 357a3So9CbsNfBBgFYACGvxxS6tMaDoa1P ETH — 0x165CD37b4C644C2921454429E7F9358d18A45 e14 USDT (trc20) — TEFccmfQ38cZS1DTZVhsxKVDckA8Y6VfCy
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@vitalikbuterin
@vitalikbuterin
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Getting some confirmations from a couple sources that it's legit. Deleting my warning for now. But continue to be vigilant, and always be slow and careful when sending irreversible crypto transactions. https://twitter.com/...
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@tomicahtd
@tomicahtd
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@Ukraine To follow up on @VitalikButerin's tweet, I've confirmed directly with Ukrainian Ambassador @olex_scherba that the addresses are correct and in the control of the Ukrainian govt. Give!!! Defending free and open societies may be the best thing we ever do with our BTC and E…
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@benbartenstein
Ben Bartenstein
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Ukraine's government is soliciting leads on the crypto wallets of Russian and Belorussian politicians. The goal is to mark their addresses as “toxic,” discouraging transactions with them. The bounty amount for accurate info is TBD. https://www.bloomberg.com/... @crypto @bpolitics
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@olvelez007
Oliver L. Velez
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The first war in the history of the world that is partially being funded by the people of the world via Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. 🤯 And no one can stop it. Do you truly understand how huge this is? https://cryptopotato.com/...
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@btctn
@btctn
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Ukraine has raised $17 million in #crypto donations since the start of the Russian invasion. “#Bitcoin is officially legit in Ukraine,” said a former Ukrainian ambassador. #cryptocurrency $BTC $ETH https://zpr.io/...
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@spacerunnersnft
@spacerunnersnft
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We saw your suggestions and we want to help #Ukraine as much as possible 🙏🇺🇦💛 1) We're donating 30% of our secondary royalty profits from gen1 2) We're reaching out to @UNICEF to find ways to donate more from our upcoming gen2 collection To help contribute👇 https://twitter.com/..…
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@novogratz
Mike Novogratz
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Love this. Go Sam. https://twitter.com/...
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@onigiriman1998
@onigiriman1998
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I just found out that Ukraine is now accepting donations in cryptocurrency. I immediately made a donation. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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@ashevat
Amir Shevat
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This really makes me want to build Twitter API that power donation experiences💛💙🇺 🇦 https://twitter.com/...
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@lawmaster
Larry Cermak
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@VitalikButerin Seems legit and their PR also confirmed to The Block it's legit https://twitter.com/...
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@olex_scherba
@olex_scherba
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Thank you, Tomicah! People are understandably cautious about donations. And Russians try to exploit it. #HelpUkraine #SupportUkraine #StandWithUkraine https://twitter.com/...
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@launders
@launders
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If there's one thing crypto is provably good it, it's raising money fast.⚡️ https://twitter.com/...
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@katienotopoulos
Katie Notopoulos
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A few tidbits: a source who confirmed that the crypto-fundraiser was legit said he believed that the funds would go to “exterminate as many Russian occupants as possible”. Also, the biggest donor so far ($278k) is from @dt_chain https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
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@cryptomanran
Ran NeuNer
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Nations are using crypto to help them win wars. https://twitter.com/...
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@fundstrat
Thomas
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Time and again, in uncertain times, #Bitcoin has a use case - still don't think it's useful? https://twitter.com/...
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@olex_scherba
@olex_scherba
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To those who want to help in bitcoin. Bitcoin is officially legit in Ukraine - just like this account and this retweet. Don't mind the comments of our Russian “brothers”. #StandWithUkraine https://twitter.com/...
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@prestonpysh
Preston Pysh
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Remember this tweet when the mainstream news tells you Bitcoin is evil because Russia is using it to bypass sanctions. #bitcoin is like a knife to a surgeon or a knife to a criminal. Like any valuable technology throughout time, its value comes from the intention behind its use. …
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@connorsephton
Connor Sephton
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🚨 NEW: Ukraine's government has confirmed to me that these messages are genuine. “We are not hacked. This is the official positions and messages we want to share.” @VitalikButerin had expressed fears that @Ukraine and @FedorovMykhailo had been hacked. https://twitter.com/...
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@fwd
@fwd
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A source who confirmed the government's fundraiser believed the funds would go to “exterminate as many Russian occupants as possible.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...
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@gladstein
Alex Gladstein
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2022: first nation-state under financial stress begins accepting aid in Bitcoin ✌️ https://twitter.com/...
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@wublockchain
@wublockchain
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Among the cryptocurrency donation addresses officially announced by Ukraine, 5.22 Bitcoins and 132 Ethereums have been received at present. Justin Sun said that he donated 200,000 USDT. https://twitter.com/...
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@tomaxwell
Thomas Maxwell
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It appears that these addresses have been vetted https://twitter.com/...