- Ukraine has extended its digital asset fundraising attempts by initiating a Polkadot (DOT) wallet after Galvin Wood announced a $5 Million donation.
- As per on-chain data, Ukraine has received $215,780 in Dot tokens, and more donations are anticipated to be received soon.
- The nation has gotten a total of $20 Million in cryptocurrency donations so far, where FTX CEO, Sam-Bankman Fried also contributed to charity.
Ukraine Puts Polka Dot Wallet On Vanguard
Amid the heavy chaos and anarchy going on in Ukraine, it has opened up a Polkadot Wallet to receive donations in DOT tokens. As of this writing, the nation has received $215,780 in DOT cryptocurrency.
Apart from this, the nation has piled up $20 Million in cryptocurrencies through donations, where the sector leaders Deepak Thapliyal and FTX CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried gave a noteworthy amount of sum to help Ukraine in war.
As per data gathered by crypto-asset analysis organization, Elliptic, there have been over 24,000 virtual asset donations been made till now. A Bitcoin Whale solely donated $3 Million.
Recently, co-founder of Ethereum, Gavin Woods, made a pledge to donate $5 Million, which is yet to come. He said he will do it as soon as they post a Polkadot address. Well, Ukraine has posted that wallet, and now it’s time for Gavin to send the help he promised.
In the Tweet, the Ukrainian government also mentioned that, apart from Polkadot, more crypto addresses will be posted soon to receive help against their invaders.
What To Expect From Here On?
As Ukraine has commenced and opened up to receive crypto donations through wallets, more digital assets are expected to be received soon.
The war between Russia and Ukraine got started with the Ukrainian citizens waking up to the air raid sirens instead of their alarms.
We believe that Gavin Woods will stick to his pledge, and more big players will step into this situation to assist the nation in these challenging times.
As of this writing, Polkadot was trading at a market price of $18.88, bullish by 11.65% in the past 24 hours.
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