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Alt-Right Extremist Groups Received Bitcoin Donations Ahead Of Capitol Raid
Summary: Alt-right extremist groups and personalities linked to last week’s storming of the U.S. Capitol building received a Bitcoin donation worth about $522,000 one month before the raid, a Thursday blog post from Chainanalysis revealed. The report stated that a French blogger sent 28.15 to 22 wallets on Dec. 8. Far-right internet personality Nick Fuentes whose livestream from ...
Alt-right extremist groups and personalities linked to last week’s storming of the U.S. Capitol building received a Bitcoin donation worth about $522,000 one month before the raid, a Thursday blog post from Chainanalysis revealed.
The report stated that a French blogger sent 28.15 to 22 wallets on Dec. 8. Far-right internet personality Nick Fuentes whose livestream from the Capitol takeover resulted in his banning from the streaming site DLive, received the largest donation $250,000. There is no evidence Fuentes himself entered the Capitol, however, he attended the rally, was spotted on the Capitol grounds and promoted President Trump’s “Stop the Steal” event for weeks, Chainalysis said.
The rest of the funds were split among a variety of other accounts with ties to far-right ideologies, Chainalysis said. Neo-Nazi blog Daily Stormer received 3% of the total, anti-immigration group VDARE 3.3% and white nationalist leader Patrick Casey 5%, among others.
By Emily Mason
Tags: Bitcoin,BTC,Chainanlysis,Cryptocurrency,Donald Trump,President Trump,US Capitol
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