National Bank Of Ukraine Receives Solana's Crypto Donation Of IDR 14 Billion
JAKARTA – Crypto donations for Ukraine continue to flow. Recently, a donation of 1 million US dollars (equivalent to Rp. 14 billion) from the Solana community (SOL) was received by the National Bank of Ukraine.
The initiative, known as Aid for Ukraine, was supported by Everstake, FTX, Solana Labs, Metaplex Foundation, and the Ministry of Digital Transformation through a fundraiser at SOL to support Ukraine and the victims of Russia's aggression.
The funds will be sent directly to a fundraising account for the support of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and humanitarian assistance programs through the intermediary of the National Bank of Ukraine.
So far, the initiative has raised more than US$1.4 million, of which US$375,000 came from Everstake, a Ukraine-based company and the largest decentralized staking provider in the blockchain industry. Fundraising is still ongoing. Real-time blockchain statistics are available on the initiative's website.
Users can donate their own SOL, USDC or even NFT. Solana's official wallet for donations is ukraine.sol, 66pJhhESDjdeBBDdkKmxYYd7q6GUggYPWjxpMKNX39KV.
“This joint effort is a fantastic reminder of the unity of the Ukrainian people and their true friends from all over the world. I sincerely and wholeheartedly thank all of our partners for their excellent work. I would also like to take this opportunity to remind any business or team that they can donate funds to the Ukrainian military or humanitarian aid through our gates in a completely safe and secure manner,” said Sergey Vasylchuk, CEO of Everstake.
Soon we will add other cryptocurrencies to make donation more convenient for people. Lastly, I would also like to extend my deep gratitude to media outlets such as the Washington Post or Bloomberg for covering our initiatives and thereby helping us raise much needed funds in this dark time,” he added.
The funds will be converted by FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange and official partner of the initiative. Today, the first tranche of $1 million was delivered thanks to the hard work of the team at Everstake, FTX, Ministry of Digital Transformation and National Bank of Ukraine.
“We are proud to be part of this extraordinary initiative to provide the Ukrainian people with the financial support they need in their darkest hour. I am truly impressed by the generosity of the entire crypto community and I am delighted that our platform will be able to facilitate this financial assistance to those who need it most. We will continue to work diligently with Everstake, the Ukrainian government and our other partners to spread resources to people,” said Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX.
Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation itself announced that it had received donations of more than US$55 million from various other crypto donations sent to Aid for Ukraine.
“Today, fundraising with crypto is very important for Ukraine because it allows us to collect direct donations from various people around the world as well as raise the political agenda about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, raise global awareness and strengthen Ukrainian support around the world,” said Oleksandr Bornyakov , Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.
“It is very encouraging to see the crypto community come together to help Ukraine. I would like to thank everyone from the blockchain industry who helped Ukraine, our army and Ukraine on this occasion. Special thanks to the Solana and Everstake communities for mobilizing such support that was so desperately needed,” Bornyakov said.
Private foundations have also raised millions of dollars and sent the funds to local projects that help victims of the military and war. The crypto community supports Ukraine, as reported by YahooNews.