Ukraine Now Accepts Dogecoin and Solana Donations

The first-ever memecoin Dogecoin and Solana joined the list of cryptocurrencies that people can donate to the Ukrainian government. Until now, the nation received contributions in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Polkadot (DOT), and Tether (USDT).

Adding DOGE and SOL as Means of Donation

Mykhailo Fedorov – Vice PM and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine – revealed that people could now support the country’s defense by making Dogecoin and Solana donations. In his most recent tweet, he even asked Elon Musk (arguably the most prominent DOGE owner) to aid his nation’s efforts.

@dogecoin exceeded Russian ruble in value. We start to accept donations in meme coin. Now even meme can support our army and save lives from Russian invaders. $DOGE owners of the world, @elonmusk, @BillyM2k, let’s do it. Official $DOGE wallet: DS76K9uJJzQjCFvAbpPGtFerp1qkJoeLwL

— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) March 2, 2022

In a separate tweet, Fedorov mentioned a project called Aid For Ukraine, which is a joint initiative between Solana, Everstake, and the Ukrainian authorities. He also left a crypto address where people can send SOL donations supporting the charitable organization.

Digital assets have become an important feature during the war between Russia and Ukraine. Until now, the Ukrainian government has raised around $35 million in crypto through over 35,000 donations.

Earlier this week, Polkadot’s Founder – Gavin Wood – sent $5 million worth of DOT to support the Ukrainian side against the Russian invasion. “This will certainly contribute to the Ukrainian victory as well as support civil people,” Fedorov said in response to the donation.

Movie Fans Could Buy Tickets in Dogecoin

Another field that the memecoin interacted with is the film industry. Last year, one of the largest movie chains theaters in the world – AMC Theaters – revealed it will start accepting DOGE as a payment method but without specifying an exact date.

Earlier this week, the company announced it will utilize the token as a payment method from March 19. Mobile users will be able to employ it for settlements from April 16.

Along with Dogecoin, AMC Theaters will accept Shiba Inu payments, too. The dates of the initiative coincide with DOGE as BitPay will facilitate the crypto transactions.