While LocalBitcoins removes fees for Ukrainian users, Airbnb offers free housing to refugees and could implement crypto payments.
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If anything is uniting most of the world at the moment it is the rejection of war. In the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last week there have been many actions that have been taken to help the small country assaulted by its huge neighbor. The crypto community has not lagged behind and cryptocurrency donations already exceed $50 million USD . In addition, there have been some very supportive individual actions, such as the case of the CEO of Tesla Elon Musk, who activated the satellite Internet service last Friday. Starlink throughout the country so that all citizens can, free of charge, communicate.
Today we review the shares of two other important companies: LocalBitcoins y Airbnb.
LocalBitcoins eliminates fees
El intercambio de Bitcoin the biggest and most popular cryptocurrency in the world. It is a decentralized digital currency that enables users to make trustless peer-to-peer transactions. leading peer-to-peer in the world, LocalBitcoins, announced its decision to eliminate any tariffs for its Ukrainian users, both in Ukraine and outside the country, until further notice.
The announcement was posted on the marketplace’s Twitter account an account is essentially a whose purpose is to track the financial activities of a specific asset/ yesterday, along with a detailed explanation of what it means for Ukrainian users. It reads:
Esto significa:
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A free Bitcoin wallet a place where cryptocurrency users can store, send and receive digital assets. for all Ukrainians in Ukraine and abroad.
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Receiving Bitcoin in Ukraine from anywhere in the world is extremely fast and free of charge.
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Converting donated Bitcoin to Ukrainian hryvnia is fast and free of charge.
This means:
???? A free Bitcoin wallet for all Ukrainians in Ukraine & abroad.
???? Receiving Bitcoin in Ukraine from anywhere in the world is extremely fast & with no fees.
???? Converting donated Bitcoin to Ukrainian Hryvnia is fast with no fees.
???????? #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/DxtIf6vW4x
— LocalBitcoins (@LocalBitcoins) March 1, 2022
Según Jukka Blomberg, director de marketing de LocalBitcoins:
“The core value of LocalBitcoins is freedom. We understand that right now Ukraine is facing extremely difficult times. For this reason, LocalBitcoins has removed all fees for its Ukrainian users.”
As an immediate result of this announcement (and other positive developments), it says Finbold, the trading volume how much cryptocurrency has been traded over a set period, such as the past 24 hours. of Ukraine’s national currency currency is a medium of exchange that defines value. (Ukrainian hryvna) reached record levels on the cryptocurrency cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that use cryptographic technologies to secure their operation. market. The results were noted in LocalBitcoins y Binance, but also in an important Ukrainian exchange: Kuna.
Airbnb: free housing for refugees and maybe crypto acceptance
Airbnb announced Monday that offers free temporary accommodation for up to 100,000 refugees from Ukraine . Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, more than 600,000 civilians have fled Ukraine, according to the UN. The European Union estimates that up to 4 million people may try to leave Ukraine because of the Russian invasion.
“We contacted the governments of Poland, Germany, Hungary and Romania, and countries even to the west of them, to offer assistance.” explained the CEO of Airbnb.
“We have been communicating with our hosts. We have secured funding and are prepared to host up to 100,000 refugees.” he shared. “ Frankly, we can take as many refugees as we have hosts.
In addition to talking about his company’s efforts to provide accommodation for Ukrainian refugees, the CEO de Airbnb, Brian Chesky, reiteró en una entrevista con CNBC que hay probabilidad de que admita cripto. Vale recordar que ya en enero el CEO had acknowledged that the company was working on this acceptance. of cryptocurrency payments.
Specifically in the context of the Ukraine invasion, CNBC asked Chesky if Airbnb would support cryptocurrencies in this special case, as some people in Ukraine are trying to accept payments in cryptocurrencies following Russia’s invasion. He responded:
Airbnb is. I mean, I personally support the opposite of Resistance, it is a threshold that crypto’s price doesn’t fall below. the idea of cryptocurrencies, of course. I think it’s a very interesting technology.
Continuó recordándole a la cadena televisiva: “I went on Twitter earlier this year and asked a community on Twitter if Airbnb can launch something in 2022, what would it be? The number one answer was to add crypto payments, so I have a team looking into that.”
By clarifying that Airbnb aún no tiene nada que anunciar con respecto a los pagos criptográficos, el CEO enfatizó:
We are absolutely looking into this and specifically for this crisis.
Sin embargo, reconoció quees poco probable que algo cripto se implemente “tan rápido”.
“So, right now, we’re really focused on providing shelter for the refugees” For that I’ve mobilized a team.”
Sources: CNBC , Bitcoin.com , Finbold , archivo
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