Demonstrators hold placards featuring an image of former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden as they take part in a protest the NSA s surveillance in Germany on July 27, 2013. (Photo: John Macdougall/AFP, Getty Images)
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The latest big name to get in on the NFT craze is former intelligence contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden, who on Friday auctioned off an original NFT art piece for roughly $US5.4 ($7) million worth of the cryptocurrency Ether.
Edward Snowden NFT sells for more than $5.4 million
The Freedom of the Press Foundation will benefit
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Today, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s NFT sold for about $5.4 million, or 2,224 ETH. The NFT is of an artwork that shows an image of Snowden’s face made from pages of a US appeals court decision that ruled the mass surveillance program Snowden exposed had violated US law.
The image is called “Stay Free.”
The profits won’t go to America’s most famous exiled whistleblower, however. Instead, the sale is meant to benefit the Freedom of the Press Foundation, where Snowden is the president. Its board includes actor John Cusack, whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, and the writer Glenn Greenwald.
Edward Snowden s NFT artwork sells for over $5.4 mn
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Edward SnowdenÂs NFT artwork sells for over $5.4 mn. Image Source: IANS News
San Francisco, April 17 : An NFT (non-fungible token) artwork by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been sold for more than $5.4 million.
The artwork titled Stay Free combines the entirety of a landmark US court decision ruling the National Security Agency s (NSA) mass surveillance violated the law, with the iconic portrait of the whistleblower.
The funds will benefit the Freedom of the Press Foundation, where Snowden is the president. FIVE POINT FIVE MILLION from @PleasrDAO. It feels like the whole staff of @FreedomOfPress is watching live, and we ve never seen anything like this. This is more than a spectacle, Snowden tweeted.
An NFT (non-fungible token) artwork by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been sold for more than $5.4 million. The artwork titled Stay Free combines the entirety of a landmark US court decision ruling the National Security Agency s (NSA) mass surveillance violated the law, with the iconic portrait of the whistleblower. The funds will benefit the Freedom of the Press Foundation, where Snowden is the president. FIVE POINT FIVE MILLION from @PleasrDAO. It feels like the whole staff of @FreedomOfPress is watching live, and we ve never seen anything like this. This is more than a spectacle, Snowden tweeted. Emerging applications of cryptography can play an important role in supporting our rights. This auction will drive the development of valuable and privacy-protecting uses of encryption, to safeguard press freedom and serve the public, he added.