Crowdfunding
Ukraine Crypto Donations Pour In After Russian Invasion
- Crowdfunding efforts raise more than $5 million in crypto
- Median donation was worth around $95: analytics firm Elliptic
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Ukrainian officials are directly soliciting crypto donations, adding to crowdfunding efforts that have raised more than $5 million in Bitcoin, Ether and other tokens since Friday.
Ukraine’s official Twitter handle, as well an account belonging to the country’s Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, shared details of the crypto wallets on Saturday. Victor Zhora, one of Ukraine’s top cyberdefense officials, confirmed to Bloomberg that the tweets and the wallet addresses were accurate.