According to a Twitter announcement stemming from Ukraine’s vice prime minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, the Ukrainian government will now accept dogecoin donations. Fedorov highlighted that meme assets like dogecoin are worth more than the Russian ruble and “even [memes] can support our army and save lives from Russian invaders.”
Ukraine Vice Prime Minister: ‘Even Memes Can Support Our Army’
The Ukrainian government has now accepted DOGE donations and is ready to receive polkadot on March 1. Mykhailo Fedorov, the country’s vice prime minister, announced the government would accept DOGE via the Ukrainian official’s Twitter account. Fedorov even gave a shout-out to the Dogecoin network’s co-creator Billy MarkusElon Musk, CEO of Tesla. Official from Ukraine stated:
[Dogecoin]Exceeded [the]Russian ruble is valued. Accepting donations of meme coins is now possible. You can even accept donations in mem coin. [memes]You can help our army to save lives from Russian invaders. Doge owners around the globe [Elon Musk, Billy Markus], let’s do it.
The dogecoin acceptance follows the Ukrainian government’s initial plea for bitcoin and ethereum donations which saw millions worth of BTC and ETH pour into the donation addresses. Binance’s crypto-exchange Binance started a crowdfunding effort to aid Ukraine. Binance contributed $10 million. Fedorov had announced DOGE acceptance. A number of dogecoin enthusiasts responded.
“Sent some,” DOGE’s co-founder Billy Markus tweeted in response to Fedorov’s tweet. “Dogecoin folks aren’t usually rich and dogecoin itself is generally used for small transactions, but we are a caring and passionate bunch. Those who want to help will offer what they can — I hope the country can heal and rebuild stronger after all of this,” he added.
After the DOGE co-founder’s statement, a great number of other DOGE supporters also told Fedorov that they sent dogecoin to the address. According to blockchain explorer statistics, the DOGE address currently holds $38,355 in DOGE. Donations continue to flood in every minute. 285,793 DOGE sent by 356 transactions has been donated to the Ukrainian government’s DOGE address.
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