After raising a near $47 million in total donations for funding against their war with Russia, the Ukrainian government wants to give back to its donors in the form of an airdrop. The airdrop, which rewards aren’t clear yet, will be distributed directly into the wallets of those who have donated to the cause.
Airdrops involve businesses or crypto projects providing free tokens or NFTs to their communities as a way to encourage adoption. In the case of Ukraine, to increase donations to the country. The news of the Airdrop has surely increased donations, with thousands of microdonations flooding their ETH wallet in hopes of getting a reward.
Ukraine is expanding the cryptocurrencies it is willing to accept as donations. Bitcoin, Ether, Polkadot, and other tokens proved a popular channel for funding the country’s military and relief organizations, so it seems a good road to travel down.
Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov tweeted that the government will begin accepting donations in Meme Coins, including Dogecoin.
According to data from Ukraine’s Dogecoin wallet, they’ve received over US$70,000 worth of Dogecoin as of today.
“Countries airdropping coins. Wild times.”
Luke Martin, The Coinist Podcast