Cryptoknowmics
2022-02-09 07:45:12

AssangeDAO Concludes Raise with $53M to Free WikiLeaks Founder

A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that is raising money to support WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s legal defense has concluded its raise for a whopping 17,422 Ether (ETH) worth roughly $54.2 million. BREAKING: Almost US $55m ($54.2m/ 17,422 ETH) raised by over 10,000 @AssangeDAO contributors in defense of #WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange at end of funding cycle Fund now available for bidding on the @muratpak'Clock' auction:https://t.co/d0vHsPWhkA — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) February 8, 2022 This is the largest JuiceBox Ether raise in history, exceeding even that of ConstitutionDAO which raised funds in November to buy the original copy of the US Constitution. AssangeDAO describes itself as a group of ‘cypherpunks’ that was launched on Dec. 10, in response to a court ruling in the UK that declared Assange extradition to the US, where he faces 175 years in prison. The AssangeDAO intends to use the fund to bid on a one-of-a-kind NFT called ‘Censored’ produced by digital artist Pak in collaboration with Assange. The piece, called ‘Clock 1/1,’ is a muted clock that counts the days that Assange has spent behind bars. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Hamburg, Germany-based nonprofit Wau Holland Foundation for Assange’s legal defense and additional awareness campaigns as he fights extradition to the US this month. The concept was inspired by the FreeRossDAO, which raised $12 million to free Ross Ulbricht, foun...

获取加密通讯
阅读免责声明 : 此处提供的所有内容我们的网站,超链接网站,相关应用程序,论坛,博客,社交媒体帐户和其他平台(“网站”)仅供您提供一般信息,从第三方采购。 我们不对与我们的内容有任何形式的保证,包括但不限于准确性和更新性。 我们提供的内容中没有任何内容构成财务建议,法律建议或任何其他形式的建议,以满足您对任何目的的特定依赖。 任何使用或依赖我们的内容完全由您自行承担风险和自由裁量权。 在依赖它们之前,您应该进行自己的研究,审查,分析和验证我们的内容。 交易是一项高风险的活动,可能导致重大损失,因此请在做出任何决定之前咨询您的财务顾问。 我们网站上的任何内容均不构成招揽或要约