A decentralized autonomous organization supporting Julian Assange has broken records 💰 AssangeDAO has now raised 15,000 BTC on JuiceBox — far more than the ill-fated ConstitutionDAO project managed last year 👇
A decentralized autonomous organization "fighting for the liberation of Julian Assange" has raised more thanFunds are being collected through the decentralized platform JuiceBox — and in the space of five days, the campaign has broken records for the site's largest DAO raise in history.
That crown was previously held by ConstitutionDAO, which ultimately was an ill-fated attempt to buy a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution. Tens of millions of dollars were raised to compete in the auction, but the group were outbid by a hedge fund manager.at current ETH prices — and funds are continuing to trickle in from Ethereum addresses around the world.
Organizers say that the funds will be used to defend Assange, who is currently in a British jail and fighting extradition. He is wanted in the U.S. after WikiLeaks published hundreds of leaked classified documents related to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq — and according to WikiLeaks, Assange could face a 175-year jail term. Prosecutors allege that lives were endangered by the material entering the public domain.
The DAO — described as "a collective of cypherpunks" — says its efforts have been endorsed by Assange's family. Those behind the organization say they started to mobilize in a Telegram group back in December 2021.to support Ross Ulbricht.
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