{"id":478871,"date":"2021-12-14T23:00:29","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T23:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=478871"},"modified":"2024-06-11T14:09:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T14:09:48","slug":"wikileaks-and-bitcoin-a-crypto-love-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/wikileaks-and-bitcoin-a-crypto-love-story\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks And Bitcoin: A Crypto Love Story?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The story of WikiLeaks and its move to <a href=\"\/tag\/bitcoin\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bitcoin<\/a> is a popular one amongst crypto investors. When WikiLeaks had first come out, it quickly gained popularity for publicizing news leaks and classified information on its site. Founded in 2006, the not-for-profit organization has had an interesting history, one of those being its founder,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Julian_Assange\" rel=\"nofollow\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Julian Assange<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, being sent to prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even more interesting is the organization\u2019s history with leading cryptocurrency bitcoin. The anonymous whistleblower platform had gotten on the government\u2019s bad side over leaked documents that contained sensitive and classified military information. The organization which depended largely on donations had suffered greatly from this as payments processors like Visa and Mastercard had distanced themselves from the entity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WikiLeaks Turns To Bitcoin<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After being cut off from traditional methods of payment, WikiLeaks had turned to the next best thing. At this point, the organization needed something that could not be tracked or controlled by the government and it turned to bitcoin donations for this. Julian Assange had accused the U.S. government of endorsing what he referred to as \u201can illegal banking blockade\u201d against WikiLeaks, forcing entities like AmEx, Visa, PayPal, etc, to stop supporting the organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Related Reading | <a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/crypto\/could-an-elon-musk-time-magazine-cover-predict-the-crypto-cycle-peak\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cCould An Elon Musk Time Magazine Cover Predict The Crypto Cycle Peak?\u201d (Edit)\">Could An Elon Musk Time Magazine Cover Predict The Crypto Cycle Peak?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Assange, this had spurred the entity\u2019s move into bitcoin. Bitcoin was still relatively new at this point. In 2010, when the \u2018blockade\u2019 went into effect, BTC was only a year old and still trading relatively low. That same year, WikiLeaks had begun receiving cryptocurrency donations, which was just bitcoin at first but has since expanded to include other cryptocurrencies.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How Well Have Crypto Donations Gone?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WikiLeaks has done well in terms of donations. Bitcoin was only trading at a low six cents when the organization began receiving it as donations in 2010. The digital asset has since grown over the following decade to a high of $69,000 in 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2017, founder Julian Assange<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JulianAssange\/status\/9283653\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tweeted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> saying that WikiLeaks\u2019 investments had grown over 50,000% from when they began accepting the digital asset. Assange went further to thank the U.S. government for being the push behind this move. Bitcoin has since grown a further $50,000 since the founder made this tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-478872 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/BTCUSD_2021-12-14_11-43-32.png?resize=860%2C411\" alt=\"BTCUSD_2021-12-14_11-43-32\" width=\"860\" height=\"411\"><\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center\">How far Bitcoin has come since the above referenced tweet \u00a0| Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/BTCUSD\" rel=\"nofollow\">BTCUSD on TradingView.com<\/a><\/pre>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Presently, WikiLeaks now accepts donations in six cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Monero, Litecoin, and ZCash. This<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/wikileaks-has-received-2-2-million-worth-of-donations-in-crypto\/?amp\" rel=\"nofollow\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">report from CryptoPotato<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> analyzed the history of the various wallets and concluded that WikiLeaks has received over $2.2 million in donations using cryptocurrencies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong>Related Reading | <a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/wncen.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=454564&amp;action=edit\" aria-label=\"\u201cWhy The Dark Net\u2019s Most Active Market Ditched Bitcoin For Monero\u201d (Edit)\">Why The Dark Net\u2019s Most Active Market Ditched Bitcoin For Monero<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, this excluded Monero donations as the report stated that donations using the privacy coin could not be tracked. Additionally, WikiLeaks also received a donation of 1 CryptoKitties.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Julian Assange is currently being remanded in Belmarsh Prison in London after reportedly suffering a stroke due to stress. The \u2018transient ischemic stroke\u2019 was<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10300037\/Julian-Assange-stroke-Belmarsh-prison-Fianc-e-blames-extreme-stress.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to have occurred after the High Court overruled a judgment that prevented the Australian national from being extradited to the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n<pre>Featured image from iStockPhoto, Charts from TradingView.com<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story of WikiLeaks and its move to Bitcoin is a popular one amongst crypto investors. When WikiLeaks had first come out, it quickly gained popularity for publicizing news leaks and classified information on its site. Founded in 2006, the not-for-profit organization has had an interesting history, one of those being its founder, Julian Assange, being sent to prison. Even more interesting is the organization\u2019s history with leading cryptocurrency bitcoin. The anonymous whistleblower platform had gotten on the government\u2019s bad side over leaked documents that contained sensitive and classified military information. The organization which depended largely on donations had suffered greatly from this as payments processors like Visa and Mastercard had distanced themselves from the entity. WikiLeaks Turns To Bitcoin After being cut off from traditional methods of payment, WikiLeaks had turned to the next best thing. At this point, the organization needed something that could not be tracked or controlled by the government and it turned to bitcoin donations for this. Julian Assange had accused the U.S. government of endorsing what he referred to as \u201can illegal banking blockade\u201d against WikiLeaks, forcing entities like AmEx, Visa, PayPal, etc, to stop supporting the organization. Related Reading | Could An Elon Musk Time Magazine Cover Predict The Crypto Cycle Peak? According to Assange, this had spurred the entity\u2019s move into bitcoin. Bitcoin was still relatively new at this point. In 2010, when the \u2018blockade\u2019 went into effect, BTC was only a year old and still trading relatively low. That same year, WikiLeaks had begun receiving cryptocurrency donations, which was just bitcoin at first but has since expanded to include other cryptocurrencies. How Well Have Crypto Donations Gone? WikiLeaks has done well in terms of donations. Bitcoin was only trading at a low six cents when the organization began receiving it as donations in 2010. The digital asset has since grown over the following decade to a high of $69,000 in 2021.\u00a0 In 2017, founder Julian Assange tweeted saying that WikiLeaks\u2019 investments had grown over 50,000% from when they began accepting the digital asset. Assange went further to thank the U.S. government for being the push behind this move. Bitcoin has since grown a further $50,000 since the founder made this tweet. How far Bitcoin has come since the above referenced tweet \u00a0| Source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com Presently, WikiLeaks now accepts donations in six cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Monero, Litecoin, and ZCash. This report from CryptoPotato analyzed the history of the various wallets and concluded that WikiLeaks has received over $2.2 million in donations using cryptocurrencies.\u00a0 Related Reading | Why The Dark Net\u2019s Most Active Market Ditched Bitcoin For Monero However, this excluded Monero donations as the report stated that donations using the privacy coin could not be tracked. Additionally, WikiLeaks also received a donation of 1 CryptoKitties.\u00a0 Julian Assange is currently being remanded in Belmarsh Prison in London after reportedly suffering a stroke due to stress. The \u2018transient ischemic stroke\u2019 was said to have occurred after the High Court overruled a judgment that prevented the Australian national from being extradited to the U.S. Featured image from iStockPhoto, Charts from TradingView.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":541,"featured_media":478873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[428,6664,84917,4474],"class_list":["post-478871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bitcoin","tag-crypto","tag-jullian-assange","tag-wikileaks"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>WikiLeaks And Bitcoin: A Crypto Love Story?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The story of WikiLeaks and its move to Bitcoin is a popular one amongst crypto investors. 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