Ukrainian Government to Launch NFTs to Raise Funds for its Military
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Published Mar 04, 2022 03:00PM ET
Updated Mar 04, 2022 03:30PM ET
Ukrainian Government to Launch NFTs to Raise Funds for its Military
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine spills into its second week, the country’s prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov has announced the launch of NFTs to fund Ukraine’s armed forces. The announcement comes after the government decided to cancel its previously planned cryptocurrency airdrops.
After careful consideration we decided to cancel airdrop. Every day there are more and more people willing to help Ukraine to fight back the agression. Instead, we will announce NFTs to support Ukrainian Armed Forces soon. We DO NOT HAVE any plans to issue any fungible tokensUkraine has already raised $56.2 million in cryptocurrency donations. According to Elliptic, CryptoPunks NFT #5364, worth approximately $200,000, was donated to the Ukrainian government’s Ethereum account. In addition to this, Ukraine’s NGO ‘Come Back Alive,’ which works in support of the country’s military forces, recently received a significant donation of 2,258 ETH (approximately $6.5 million). The funding was organized by the UkraineDAO initiative.— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) March 3, 2022
Last week, the prime minister asked cryptocurrency exchanges to ban the crypto wallets of users in Russia, but most platforms declined the request, citing concerns about lack of fairness to Russian citizens trying to survive the collapse of the Russian economy and currency.
On the Flipside
- Fedorov claimed that the NFTs will be launched “soon.” Details about the NFTs and their exact release date are currently unknown.
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