Ukraine Accepts Donations In Dogecoin, Mykhailo Fedorov: Even Memes Can Support Our Army

Ukraine accepts donations with Dogecoin. (Photo; Kanchanara - Unsplash)

JAKARTA – After the Ukrainian government announced that it would accept Polkadot (DOT) crypto donations on March 1, now they are also accepting Dogecoin (DOGE). The latest announcement was made by Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mykhailo Fedorov via his official Twitter account.

Not stopping there, Fedorov also stated that DOGE surpassed the Russian ruble in his tweet, mentioning billionaire Dogecoin supporter Elon Musk and DOGE co-founder Billy Markus.

“[Dogecoin] exceeds the value of the Russian ruble. We started accepting donations in the form of meme coins. Now even [memes] can support our soldiers and save lives from Russian invaders. World DOGE owners, [Elon Musk, Billy Markus], let's do it."

Previously, it was the first time the Ukrainian government accepted crypto donations in Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT. Then requests for other crypto addresses followed from the crypto community such as Polkadot (DOT) founder Gavin Wood who plans to make a donation if Ukraine includes a DOT address.

The government responded quickly to the request by including a DOT wallet address, then Solana (SOL), and most recently the receipt of the Dogecoin (DOGE) meme coin. In response to Fedorov's DOGE donation announcement, a number of the Dogecoin community commented on the tweet. They claimed to have sent a number of Dogecoins they owned.

“Sending some [DOGE]. Dogecoin folks are usually not rich and Dogecoin itself is generally used for small transactions, but we are a caring and passionate group. Those who want to help will offer what they can – I hope this country can recover and rebuild stronger after all this,” said Billy Markus.

After the statement by the DOGE co-founder, a large number of other DOGE supporters also told Fedorov that they sent dogecoin to that address. Currently, blockchain explorer statistics show that the DOGE address holds US$38,355 worth of DOGE and the donations are pouring in minute by minute. 285,793 DOGE sent by 356 transactions have been donated to the DOGE address of the Ukrainian government.