AssangeDAO

AssangeDAO is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) formed in December 2021[1] to bid on a single non-fungible token (NFT) by digital creator Pak, who said the proceeds would go to the Wau Holland Foundation. Among other things, the Foundation supports imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange,[2][3][4][5] who is awaiting extradition to the United States, where he is charged with conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and violations of the Espionage Act of 1917.[6][7][8]

The DAO's initial promoters were Assange's lawyer Jen Robinson, his then fiancée (now wife) Stella Moris, and his half brother Gabriel Shipton. In late 2021, Shipton met with Pak, who was pursuing the theme of censorship in his artwork.[2] Pak created the NFT Clock, which shows a digital clock that increments with each day of Assange's imprisonment.[9]

AssangeDAO won the February 2022 auction of the NFT with a bid of $56 million equivalent of cryptocurrency Ether (ETH), raised from over 10,000 contributors through fundraising platform Juicebox.[9]

References
  1. Lee, Isabelle (11 February 2022). "The DAO that wants to free Julian Assange just won the bid for a $53 million NFT that will be used to fund the WikiLeaks founder's legal defense". Business Insider. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. Chow, Vivienne (7 February 2022). "Crypto Investor and NFT Creator Pak on Why They Don't Identify as an Artist, and Their Recent Collaboration With Julian Assange". artnet News. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  3. Volpicelli, Gian M. (9 February 2022). "Assange's NFT Clock Sale Rides a Wave of DAO Crowdfunding". Wired. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  4. Zetter, Kim (26 April 2011). "WikiLeaks Donations Topped $1.9 Million in 2010". Wired. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  5. Howcroft, Elizabeth (9 February 2022). "Digital art auction raises more than $52 mln for WikiLeaks' Assange". Reuters. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  6. Becket, Stefan (23 May 2019). "Julian Assange indictment: Julian Assange hit with 18 federal charges today, related to WikiLeaks' release of Chelsea Manning docs". CBS News. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  7. "Julian Assange: US hits WikiLeaks founder with 18 new charges, receiving and publishing classified information". news.com.au. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  8. "Julian Assange denied permission to appeal against extradition". BBC News. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  9. Lau, Yvonne (9 February 2022). "Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange raise $56 million to buy an NFT for his U.S. extradition battle". Fortune. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
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