{"id":45278,"date":"2022-02-09T15:57:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T15:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/33084\/Digital-Art-Auction-Raises-52-Million-For-Assange-Defense.html"},"modified":"2022-02-09T15:57:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T15:57:24","slug":"digital-art-auction-raises-52-million-for-assange-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/digital-art-auction-raises-52-million-for-assange-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Art Auction Raises $52 Million For Assange Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/resizer\/P81IidnTvHQY8oyhafO-l5G8LBU=\/728x381\/smart\/filters:quality(80)\/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com\/reuters\/5CNPTLCEI5NMBJZBCOJDSWG4H4.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-0\" class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\">LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) &#8211; An online auction of digital art raised more than $52 million worth of cryptocurrency to help fund WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange&#8217;s legal defence on Wednesday, the winning bid coming from a group of supporters who had pooled their money.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-1\" class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\">Australian-born Assange is battling extradition from Britain to the United States where the authorities want him to face trial on 18 criminal charges including breaking a spying law, after WikiLeaks began to publish thousands of secret classified files and diplomatic cables in 2010.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-2\" class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\">Last month, Assange, who remains in a London prison, was given the chance to challenge approval of his extradition at Britain&#8217;s highest court. The Supreme Court will now decide whether or not to hear his case. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/wikileaks-assange-can-take-extradition-appeal-uks-top-court-2022-01-24\/\" class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__medium___3mY4FC Text__large___1NuIuP Link__underline_default___1RrRWa\"> read more <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"registration-prompt__container___bYuCJ7 registration-prompt__inline___lE4_O9 article-body__element___vulnXJ article-body__inline-registration-prompt___OCH-j6\">\n<div class=\"registration-prompt__text-content___3mCDaQ\">\n<h5 class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__white___cSohpe Text__medium___3mY4FC Text__heading_5___Zn3DqM Heading__base___3qCIA2 Heading__heading_5___ruN8eD registration-prompt__heading___2LgQ-c\">Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com<\/h5>\n<p><button class=\"Button__button___3B9OxT Button__secondary___1qNGNf Button__round___SR4lqT TextButton__container___2ipwLP registration-prompt__button-text___eFmPbk\" type=\"button\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__inherit-color___1Jv4Eu Text__bold___2pIB3c Text__default___1ZhUwy TextButton__medium___1HuzMG\">Register<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-3\" class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\">Assange collaborated with a crypto artist known as Pak to sell a collection of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) called Censored in an online auction from Feb. 7-9 to raise funds to support his case.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-4\" class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\">NFTs are a kind of crypto asset that uses blockchain to record the ownership status of digital files such as images, videos and even items within online games. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/what-are-nfts-2021-11-17\/\" class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__medium___3mY4FC Text__large___1NuIuP Link__underline_default___1RrRWa\"> read more <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-5\" class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\">The centrepiece of the auction was an NFT artwork, Clock, that displays the number of days Assange has been imprisoned in white text on a black background. It updates each day.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-6\" class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\">The Clock NFT fetched 16,593 of the cryptocurrency ether, a sum worth around $52.8 million at 1400 GMT . It was bought by a group of more than 10,000 Assange supporters called AssangeDAO.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-7\" class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\">A Decentralised Autonomous Organisation (DAO) is a sort of online community which allows members to pool their money and use blockchain-based tokens to vote on decisions about how the group is run.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-8\" class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\">&#8220;POWER OF THE PEOPLE&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-9\" class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\">Proceeds from the sale of Clock will go to support Assange&#8217;s legal defence.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-10\" class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\">&#8220;This is tens of thousands of people coming together to show real strength &#8211; the Power of the People,&#8221; AssangeDAO community lead Joshua Bate said in a Discord post. &#8220;In less than one week, we have shown that decentralised and distributed peoples can band together to fight injustice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-11\" class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\">Another member of the AssangeDAO team, Amir Taaki, told Reuters: &#8220;The AssangeDAO represents a Rubicon that&#8217;s been crossed. The cypherpunks have rallied to Assange.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-12\" class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\">The Censored auction also allowed supporters to create their own NFTs, choosing an amount to pay and typing in a short message which gets turned into an image showing the words struck through, as though censored.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-13\" class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\">Supporters raised more than 671 ether ($2.1 million) in this way, creating 29,766 &#8220;censored&#8221; messages, with the proceeds going to pro-freedom organisations chosen by Assange and Pak.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-14\" class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\">NFTs surged in popularity last year, leaving many people baffled as to why so much money is being spent on items which do not physically exist and which anyone can view for free.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-15\" class=\"Text__text___2vZwzq Text__dark-grey___1T5z1- Text__regular___3orWU3 Text__large___1NuIuP Body__base___3K85eE Body__large_body___1_XkH1 article-body__element___vulnXJ\">But NFT enthusiasts say their value comes from their social status or origin story. 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