Every third member of the US Congress received money from FTX

Out of 535 senators and representatives in the U.S. Congress, 196 were found to have taken donations in cash from FTX. The members of Congress were identified by CoinDesk journalists in a large research effort to shine a light on Congress’ connection to the failed exchange. Journalists reached out to all 196 members for comments…

Ukraine post DOT address, hence Polkadot’s Gavin Wood donates $5.7M

As the war in Ukraine continues and unfolds, with terrible consequences for the country’s population, people and organizations around the world line up to donate to the Ukrainian war effort and its military force’s defense of the country against their Russian adversary. People in the crypto space want to be no less generous with their…

Uniswap enables direct donations to the Ukrainian government

Uniswap, one of the largest decentralized exchanges on the market, has enabled users to make direct donations to the Ukrainian government. 1/ To ensure that everyone who wants to donate ERC-20 tokens to the Ukrainian government 🇺🇦 can do so, we built an interface that swaps any token for ETH and then sends it directly…

Polkadot’s Gavin Wood to donate $5M to Ukraine, if they post a DOT address

More and more people are donating to the Ukrainian side of the conflict since Russia’s decision to invade the neighboring country. Most of these donations are funneled through traditional means of fundraising and donations, but significant amounts of funds are also coming in via crypto payments. As reported by CryptoSlate on Friday, while Ukraine’s Ministry…

Canadian Police to block cryptocurrency transactions amid truckers protest

The Freedom Convoy, Canadian truckers protesting against vaccine mandates and passports by occupying the nation’s capital Ottawa and other important infrastructure, is continuing to constitute a threat to the Canadian government and its mandate policies. Some organizations and individuals in support of the truckers have organized and collected donations to bring financial help to the…