Somebody Sent Julian Assange $500,000 In Bitcoin

Julian Assange’s Bitcoin wallet received $500,000 worth of Bitcoin from a mystery donor on Tuesday, on-chain data showed.

The donation comes after the whistleblower was released from Belmarsh maximum security prison in the UK on Monday, after reaching a deal with US authorities after five years behind bars.

Bitcoin brings Assange home

according to Blockchain dataa donation of 8.2 BTC ($492,254 USD) was transferred from a multi-signature wallet to Assange’s bitcoin donation address, as displayed on the freeassange.org website.

Early Wednesday, WikiLeaks founder Stella Assange’s wife He called the followers For the final offer of financial support, he is seeking $520,000 to pay off debts to the Australian government. Assange was banned from commercial flights on his way to Saipan for his court appearance, and later returned home to Australia, and therefore needed money to use charter flight VJ199 for the trip.

Although the family succeeded in raising more than 78% of the targeted funds through… Crowdfunding As of Wednesday, the Bitcoin donation received on Tuesday has covered almost the entirety of debt expenses.

Assange walked away a free man after pleading guilty in court to one of the espionage charges on Wednesday, and has since returned to his native Australia. Judge Ramona Manglona noted that Assange’s actions did not cause “any actual physical harm” after his confession.

Who sent the bitcoin?

Two men appear to have subtly—but not directly—claimed credit for the donation. One of them was internet personality Andrew Tate, who He replied With a gift-to-someone emoji that draws attention to the transaction via Twitter.

The online Bitcoin community was more skeptical of Tate’s claim, calling on him to personally sign the transaction to prove his control over the sender’s address. However, observers later noticed a cryptic claim from another wealthy figure with much deeper roots in the Bitcoin community.

“Safe passage” chirp Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey said on Tuesday at 5:03 PM ET – the exact time the transaction was sent on-chain.

Dorsey’s company Block leads several Bitcoin infrastructure initiatives. They include a beginner-friendly multi-signature wallet vendor, a mining chip manufacturer, and a platform for purchasing Bitcoin – CashApp. He has also frequently donated money to Bitcoin developers, and keeps BTC on his company’s balance sheet.