Eurovision Winner Sells Trophy to Buy Drones for Ukraine at $900,000.

Ukrainian Eurovision winner sells trophy to help fund country’s army

To raise funds for the fight against Russia, a crypto-currency exchange purchased the Eurovision crystal mic trophy of Kalush Orchestra, Ukraine‘s rap-folk group that won the competition.

WhiteBit, Estonia’s crypto exchange, was ranked 19th out of 624 in trust score by CoinGecko. The trophy was purchased for $900,000. Kalush Orchestra’s leader singer Oleh Psiuk also sold his pink hat for 11,000,000 hryvnia ($374,000). According to the band, the money will go towards drone systems.

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