{"id":568036,"date":"2022-02-07T11:47:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T08:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/?p=568036"},"modified":"2022-02-24T02:49:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T23:49:03","slug":"cryptocurrency-investors-unite-and-donate-more-than-35m-to-help-free-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/cryptocurrency-investors-unite-and-donate-more-than-35m-to-help-free-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange\/","title":{"rendered":"Cryptocurrency investors unite and donate more than $35M to help free Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cFree Assange by any means necessary\u201d<\/a>\u00a0is the revolutionary message visible on AssangeDao\u2019s Twitter account inciting fellow \u201ccypherphunks\u201d to help donate to the cause. Assange DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization set up solely to receive donations to help free Julian Assange. The Assange DAO claims on their project page on Juice box that the Assange family is working closely with the DAO, and they endorse its efforts to unite \u201ccypherphunks\u201d across the world.<\/p>\n

Their efforts have indeed proven to be very successful as the DAO has currently raised 12,166.79 ETH or around $39 million if accounted at the current price of Ethereum.<\/p>\n

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Who is Julian Assange?<\/h3>\n
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Julian Assange, born in Townsville, Australia, in 1971, showed an aptitude for computers early in life. He was then fined several thousand in 1995 after pleading guilty to hacking activities. He pleaded guilty but avoided charges on the condition that he would not re-offend.<\/p>\n

In 2006, Assange co-founded the website Wikileaks, along with a group of like-minded people across the internet, leaking government data which caused him to face charges in the U.S later on. Due to these charges, Assange had ended up taking refuge in the Embassy of Ecuador in London since June 2012, protected by asylum status. For the past three years he has been held on the London\u2019s Belmarsh prison.<\/p>\n

The U.S government has recently won its appeal of a British court ruling that barred Assange\u2019s extradition to the U.S.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

According to\u00a0Amnesty.org<\/a>, if extradited, Assange faces trial on charges under\u00a0the Espionage Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act<\/a>. The prosecution would put him at risk of human rights violations due to detention conditions that could amount to torture and ill-treatment, including solitary confinement and 175 years in prison.<\/p>\n

Further to the appeal earlier this year, the DAO set up their telegram group on December 10th, 2021 to help gain awareness and support. Shortly after the Telegram group formed, Assange\u2019s brother Gabriel Shipton joined.<\/p>\n

According to their\u00a0Juice Box<\/a>\u00a0project page, the DAO aims to raise $ETH in return for the $JUSTICE governance token to bid on a 1\/1 NFT produced by digital artist PAK in collaboration with Julian Assange. Proceeds raised from the NFT Sale will benefit Julian Assange\u2019s defense for legal fees and campaigning to raise awareness on the extradition case.<\/p>\n

The raise is now the most significant Ether raise in Juicebox.com according to AssangeDAO\u2019s Twitter feed.<\/p>\n

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AssangeDAO is now the largest JuiceBox DAO raise in History exceeding that of ConstitutionDAO.<\/p>\n

Congrats everyone this seriously exceeded our wildest expectations!#FreeAssangeNOW<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/MqhZv6CWTK<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 AssangeDAO (@AssangeDAO) February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n