Canada: Bitcoin, Freedom Convoy 2022, and what if ‘push came to shove’
The Freedom Convoy 2022 trigged shockwaves across the planet as millions tuned in to watch Canada’s truckers blockade roads to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates and regulations. Now, with authorities trying to cut off crypto-funding to the Freedom Convoy’s organizers, many are wondering if crypto exchanges and platforms will be on the hit list soon.
Nunchuk, a self-custodial Bitcoin wallet, is in the news today after it reported that it received a Mareva Injunction from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. This order was for Nunchuk to freeze the assets of users allegedly involved in the Freedom Convoy, while also providing information about the same.
Nunchuk refused to do so, claiming it did not have the power to share such data, and that it only collected users’ email addresses. The official response concluded,
“Please look up how self custody and private keys work. When the Canadian dollar becomes worthless, we will be here to serve you, too.”
The injunction – targeting nine crypto platforms and more than 100 crypto addresses – came on 17 February. This was around the time Canada’s deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland confirmed that police had shared information about crypto wallets with financial institutions.
Furthermore, Freeland promised that “accounts have been frozen and more accounts will be frozen.”
What started as a truckers’ protest against vaccine mandates early this year is now being treated as a national emergency in Canada. Both protestors and the police have now been accused of violence. In particular, Ottawa’s Emergencies Act is being used to cut the flow of funds between crypto-donators and protestors.
A report published by Global News quoted a Freedom Convoy organizer who claimed that over $800,000 has
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