In the early hours of Monday (Feb. 6), Turkey was hit by a deadly earthquake. It started around the town of Pazarcik in Kahramanmaras province, but it didn\u2019t end there. Several powerful aftershocks followed, calculated at a 7.8 magnitude. The dead count is now over 5,000 people, with hundreds still trapped in the fallen buildings. Seeing this, the crypto community wants to help Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At least 65 blockchain and web3 institutions in the country have already made an official petition<\/a> \u306b the government to accept cryptocurrencies for donations<\/strong>. They want to set up official wallets to easily access aid from all parts of the globe. Besides, this would thwart the efforts of \u8a50\u6b3a\u5e2b<\/a> already asking for crypto with this excuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe want the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency and the Red Crescent to create official crypto asset wallets and share them through official channels in the digital environment. In this way, the humanitarian aid to Turkey by the actors in the blockchain ecosystem all over the world will be paved and malicious aid accounts will be prevented.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In addition to this, several crypto brands<\/a> and individuals worldwide are already providing help or planning to do so<\/strong>. A team member of the crypto wallet Galoy is collecting Bitcoin<\/a> (BTC) donations, also via \u30e9\u30a4\u30c8\u30cb\u30f3\u30b0\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30ef\u30fc\u30af<\/a>. He\u2019s planning to liquidate in Turkish Lira and send it to the NGO Ahbap to help the victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n