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Bitcoiner contributes to Julian Assange’s freedom, pays $500K debt in BTC. Bitcoiner helps Julian Assange return home debt-free after 14 years of fighting against U.S extradition. WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is free after a 14-year battle against extradition to the United States. In a final effort to secure his freedom, an anonymous Bitcoiner donated over eight Bitcoin, valued at $500,000, to help Assange’s family pay off the debt incurred by his travel and settlement expenses.On June 24, Assange was released from the high-security Belmarsh prison in the United Kingdom after reaching a plea agreement with the United States. Shortly after his release, he departed the country on a private plane from a London airport to the U.S. Pacific territory of Saipan.Assange walked free from appeared in a district court in Saipan on June 26 where he pleaded guilty to one charge of breaching the U.S. Espionage Act by leaking classified document.
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