Julian Assange

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Digital Art Auction Mints More Than $52 Million For WikiLeaks Founder Assange

As per reports, An online auction of digital art raised more than $52 million worth of cryptocurrency to help fund WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's legal defence. The center of attraction of the auction was an NFT artwork, clock, that displays the number of days Assange has been imprisoned. Notably, Assange is battling extradition from Britain to the United States, after he allegedly leaked thousands of secret classified files in 2010.

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 - 03:27 PM / by Shaloo Priya

Tags: art & culture, Digital art auction, Wikileaks, Julian Assange, legal battle

Courtesy: Hindustan Times