អ្នកឃ្លាំមើលទួរគីពង្រីកច្បាប់ និងអនុញ្ញាតឱ្យកាបូបលុយគ្រីប ប្រមូលជំនួយ

A Turkish singer known for his charitable personality, Haluk Levent, ឈានដល់ out to the country’s financial watchdog (ម៉ាសាក់) and convinced them to allow collecting crypto donations to help with earthquake relief.

Stretching rules

Turkish crypto Twitter has been ការ​ហៅ​ចេញ to crypto influencers who were transferring the ។ to the Turkish government, asking for a crypto wallet for donations.

Opening a crypto wallet to collect donations is not currently legal in the country. Knowing this, Levent reached out to his fan base and used a Twitter poll to ask if he should try opening a crypto wallet registered in his name to collect donations.

After most voters supported this idea, Levent reached out to MASAK to ask for permission. Ten hours later, the watchdog said it អនុញ្ញាត three wallets to actively collect donations for a week.

At the time of writing, the wallets have been active for six hours and ប្រមូល over $2 million, which equates to over 37 billion Turkish Lira. Levent said he would facilitate the liquidity process and transfer them to “Ahbap,” an NGO helping with disaster relief.

Crypto community unites

A Turkish crypto influencer, Stevedabitcoin, បាននិយាយថា: គាត់និង ប៊ីហ្វីហ្វិច ស៊ីអេ Paolo Ardoino is facilitating a joint effort between the Steve Group, BitFinex, and Tether (USDT) to help people who were affected by the quakes.

Hours after this, BitFinex and Tether បានប្រកាស they were donating 5 million Turkish Lira ($265,508) to help with the disaster. A ចំណែក of this amount will be sent to the regions affected by the earthquakes, while the rest will be saved to aid the rebuilding phase.

The news also caught the attention of the leading crypto exchange Binance, and its CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ). On Feb. 6, CZ said the Binance team has been working on a project to help Turkey.

យើងពិតជាមានការសោកស្ដាយចំពោះការរញ្ជួយដីនៅប្រទេសទួរគី🇹🇷។ ក្រុមការងារ​យើង​បាន​និង​កំពុង​ធ្វើ​ការ​រក​ដំណោះស្រាយ​ដើម្បី​ជួយ​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ។ មានព័ត៌មានលម្អិតមួយចំនួន។ ខ្ញុំ​មាន​ការ​ប្រជុំ​៤​លើក​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​នេះ។ ព័ត៌មានលម្អិតបន្ថែមទៀតនឹងមក។ រឹងមាំ។ 🙏

- CZ 🔶 Binance (@cz_binance) ខែកុម្ភៈ 6, 2023

Hours later, Binance បានប្រកាស that it will airdrop $100 worth of BNB to the residents of the cities struck by the earthquakes. The total amount is expected to reach just below $5 million.

ការរញ្ជួយដី

Southeastern Turkey was hit by three major earthquakes on Feb. 6. The ដំបូង earthquake, 7.7 in magnitude, was recorded at 04:17 am. A size 6.4 aftershock followed it at 04:26 am. Then, at 13:24, a ទីបី shock hit the same region with a 7.6 magnitude. Over 180 aftershocks have been recorded since the first earthquake.

Turkish Crypto community has been on កាតព្វកិច្ច since the first hours of the catastrophe. Turkey declared a level-4 alarm and called for international assistance after the third earthquake. The នា​ពេល​បច្ចុប្បន្ន numbers show that over 11,302 buildings were demolished, affecting 13.5 million people.