Vitalik Buterin donates $227k to help earthquake victims in Turkey
The Ethereum co-founder has sent around $227,000 in ETH to two Turkish earthquake relief organizations. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has now made at least two substantial contributions to help the victims of last week’s devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria. The Turkey-Syria 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck on Feb. 6. Its death toll has now risen to 33,000 — one of the nation’s worst in decades. Over the week, the Ethereum co-founder has been one of many actively donating Ethereum to support relief efforts in Turkey. His latest donation on Feb. 12 was for 50 ETH, or approximately $77,000, to Anka Relief as reported by blockchain security firm PeckShield. Anka thanked the Ethereum co-founder for his donation and said that crypto donations had been flowing since the first day. “Since day 1 of the disaster, we witnessed Donations piling in the wallets of a handful of major NGOs. Great that they have attracted and will be attracting more funds,” said the organization. We want...