Ukraine has become the first nation-state in history to formally accept bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies to finance the costs of a war.
According to one post on the official account of Ukraine on Twitterthis country accepts BTC, ether (ETH) and the stablecoin or stable currency Tether (USDT, in its version of the Ethereum network), so that the world can support this country in the context of the war against Russia.
Also, earlier this morning, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, and Minister for Digital Transformation, announced that in addition to bitcoin and etherthey also accepted tether on the Tron network version (USDT as trc20 token).
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Before this announcement, the founder of Tron, justin sunannounced that had donated nearly $200,000 (USD) to the address arranged by the minister.
For its part, Vitalik Buterinfounder of Ethereum, claimed to have confirmed with Ukrainian authorities the veracity of the addresses displayed to receive donations. However, he called for caution and caution when donating, as bad actors could pose as the legitimate owners of these bags.
In that same line, some users report that from the address of the Ukrainian government some bitcoins would have been sent to an address labeled as fraudulent.
Others claim that this address in question belongs to a Kuna name exchange house and that it could have been used in the past in some cryptocurrency fraud that has nothing to do with Ukraine.
At press time, the Ukrainian government would have collected approximately 9 BTC in the address provided for donations this morning, although this address would have been created on February 24, according to Memopool.Space.
CriptoNoticias recently reported how the NGO Come Back Alive had raised close to 150 BTC in total to support the Ukrainian cause. At this time they go 157 BTC in total donated to this organizationwhich is equivalent to 6.1 million dollars according to the CriptoNoticias price calculator.
