Binance commits $10 Million to Ukraine with total crypto donation nears $20M

The crypto community is rallying together like never before to show support to Ukraine in the way of digital asset donations. 

Binance commits $10 Million to Ukraine with total crypto donation nears $20M

Crypto has emerged as the method of choice for fundraising and donations as it offers several advantages over banks and traditional methods of money transfer which are slow, expensive, and often restricted and monitored. 

The Ukrainian government has called upon the crypto community to pledge support in a series of appeals on social media over the week, Vice Prime Minister of DIgital Transformation Mykhilo Fedorov posted three addresses for crypto donation on Saturday. 


I'm asking major crypto exchanges to block addresses of Russian users it's crucial to freeze not only the addresses linked to Russian and Belarusian politicians but also to sabotage ordinary users. 

The crypto community has answered the call as almost $19 million in digital asset donations has been made since the Russian invasion began last week. 

Reuters declared a total of $8 million on Feb 27, however, blockchain analytics firm Elliptic has updated its figures as of Feb 27 the total received by the Ukrainian government is currently $18.9 million the majority of which came over the past two days from Mr. Fedorov's appeal. 

The amount received has almost doubled over the past 24 hours. 

Elliptic broke down the donations by crypto-asset, revealing "the majority of donations received to date have been in Bitcoin and Ether, although US Dollar Stablecoins contribute a significant proportion."

More than half, 56.4% has been donated in Bitcoin 31.8% has been Ethereum, While 10.9 % is a stable coin and less than one percent other altcoins. According to Chinese crypto outlet Wu Blockchain, the Polkadot founder was ready to donate...if there was a DOT address available

The crypto donations to Ukrainian volunteer and hacking groups have also spiked since Russia launched its invasion on Thursday. 

The world's largest crypto exchange Binance has joined the call with its own $10 million in donations. The company declared the initiative on Feb 27.

“The donation will be split between major intergovernmental organizations and nonprofit organizations already on the ground, including UNICEF, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, iSans, and People in Need, to help support displaced children and families in Ukraine and its neighboring countries.”

It has set up a crypto donation web portal called the Ukraine Emergency Relief Fund. it had received 156 BTC worth around $5.8 million from 214 donors. Binance declared that it had pledged just over 16,000 BNB tokens to the cause. 

Read: Ukraine accepting Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT donations to support civilians and troops