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The Web3 community responds to Turkish-Syrian earthquake tragedy

The Web3 community responds to Turkish-Syrian earthquake tragedy

A massive earthquake hit southeastern Turkey along the border with Syria on Feb. 6, which has so far caused the death of more than 5,000 people. The quake had a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale, which is internationally categorized as a “major” earthquake, and occurred along 100km (62 miles) of the fault line.

Infrastructure in the area suffered major damages, resulting in a deadly cross-border humanitarian disaster.

However, the world was quick to respond. Across the internet and various social media platforms, people have been gathering funds for local and international aid organizations to provide relief to those in the affected areas.

Two of the largest aid efforts in Turkey, AFAD Turkiye, the government agency for such disasters, and the NGO Ahbap, led by philanthropist Haluk Levent, have been at the head of organizing an influx of aid.

Levent announced that his organization has opened up crypto addresses in order to accept aid in various forms of virtual currencies.

Refik Anadol, a Turkish artist and art director, also started a crowdfund via an (ETH) address, in which he will transfer the collected funds to both AFAD and Ahbap. 

Within the Web3 space, various companies in the industry have stepped up to provide help, be it in the form of crypto or fiat donations or even physical aid.

Crypto derivatives traders Bitget announced that it will commit 1 million Turkish Lira (TRY) (~$53,000), together Bitfinex, Keet, Synonym and Tether pledged 5 Million (TRY) (~$265,500), and Gateio pledged 1 million (TRY) (~$53,000).

Local Turkish crypto exchange Bitci sent an aid truck to the earthquake zone while announcing that all commission income for the month of February will be donated to Ahbap on behalf of the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquake. Icrypex announced coordination efforts with AFAD and Ahbap.

BtcTurk told Cointelegraph that, aside from donating 6 million…

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