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FTX pledges to "turn bitcoin into bullets, bandages and other war materiel" for Ukraine
The partnership between FTX and the Ukrainian government was first publicized on March 14th when the leading cryptocurrency website CoinDesk announced Kiev had launched a dedicated webpage for cryptocurrency donations dubbed Aid for Ukraine.
Under its auspices, FTX pledged to "convert crypto contributions to Ukraine's war effort into fiat for deposit" at the National Bank of Kiev, allowing the embattled government to "turn bitcoin into bullets, bandages and other war materiel." CoinDesk stated the initiative "deepens an unprecedented tie-up between public and private sector forces in crypto."
Oleksandr Bornyakov, an official at Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation, hinted to CoinDesk about an "upcoming NFT collection" auction to "give the next boost to the crypto fundraising process."
(Bornyakov's Ministry of Digital Transformation played a key role in the successful, Zelensky-led campaign to cancel The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate's appearance at Web Summit, a major international gathering of the tech industry in Lisbon, Portugal).

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by Oui (Oui) on Fri Nov 18th, 2022 at 10:22:15 PM EST

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I'll be guest hosting the Jimmy Dore Show today at 6pm ET / 3pm PT. @MaxBlumenthal will be on with me to discuss this and related topics.
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) October 26, 2022

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by Oui (Oui) on Fri Nov 18th, 2022 at 10:23:14 PM EST
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Europe's largest tech conference withdraws invitation to pro-Kremlin speakers after backlash
Europe's largest technology conference, Web Summit, sparked a raft of criticism in Ukraine when it invited pro-Russian speakers to its event in Lisbon in November.
Among Web Summit's controversial invitees were Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate, journalists at The Grayzone, a far-left news website known for its misleading reporting and sympathetic coverage of authoritarian regimes.
Another participant, American philosopher Noam Chomsky, has been criticized for justifying Russia's war in Ukraine and suggesting that Kyiv make concessions to Russia in order to "peacefully" end the war.
Outraged Ukrainians sent an official letter to the Web Summit, signed by Ukraine's Embassy in Portugal, the Ministry of Digital Transformation, and the Ukrainian delegation to the conference.

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by Oui (Oui) on Fri Nov 18th, 2022 at 10:32:43 PM EST
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Next week the New York Times in partnership with WEF partner Accenture is supposed to be hosting a live event with Sam Bankman-Fried. Sitting next to him will be Zelensky, Zuckerberg and U.S. Treasury's Janet Yellen. pic.twitter.com/EftL947r0m
— Jeremy Loffredo (@loffredojeremy) November 17, 2022