Canada: Nearly $1M raised in Bitcoin as govt freezes donations to Freedom Convoy
Traditional fundraising platforms across the globe have raised millions and millions of funds to help a cause. This could go both ways depending on the cause. Take the case in Canada. The ongoing truckers’ protests against the mandatory vaccination measures have aggravated since January this year.
The demonstration quickly grew, with thousands of people clogging traffic and obstructing the US-Canada border. The Canadian government had blocked funds (used to fuel their motives) from reaching the protestors through a traditional fundraising platform.
On 10 February, the Ontario government froze all donations made to the trucker convoy through GiveSendGo, a fundraising platform. In fact, dealing using the aforementioned platform was an offense, according to Andrew Lawton, a famed TV personality.
<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>BREAKING: The Ontario government says it has effectively frozen all donations made to the trucker convoy through GiveSendGo. It is now a criminal offence to have any «dealing» with money from donations through this platform. pic.twitter.com/EhWWqe1V6J— Andrew Lawton (@AndrewLawton) February 10, 2022
The truckers were denied access to funds since GoFundMe froze $10 million in donations last week. The latest block was highlighted in the aforementioned tweet.“Freedom Convoy 2022” had raised $8.4 million and “Adopt-a-Trucker” got $686,000 as per reports.
One thing stands out here, given its non-traceable structure. Cryptocurrencies, or precisely Bitcoin. Many on Twitter showcased support for the king coin. The Post Millennial writer Ian Miles Cheong voiced support for BTC in a tweet that read,
<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>Bitcoin fixes this, FYI. They can't track where that money goes. They'd have Read more on ambcrypto.com
