The Superior Court of Justice in Canada has issued the Ontario Provincial government an order to prevent millions of dollars in donations on the GiveSendGo platform from reaching the Freedom Convoy demonstrators.
Since GoFundMe stopped $10 million in donations last week and eventually contributors who have been refunded after a backlash, the truckers have been refused access to funds for the second time.
Payments made to the GiveSendGo fundraising platform’s “Freedom Convoy 2022” and “Adopt-a-Trucker” sites are the latest attempt to defund the event. “Freedom Convoy 2022” had raised $8.4 million as of Thursday, while “Adopt-a-Trucker” had received $686,000.
One of the fundraiser’s organisers, Benjamin Dichter, concurred with Cheong. “This is fantastic for Bitcoin,” he tweeted today.
A group of supporters had already founded the HonkHonk Hodl organisation with the express purpose of assisting the convoy in raising Bitcoin cash. The group had raised 21 BTC ($902,000) at the time of writing. However, whether the Ontario government can block the funding is a point of contention. The Canadian government has no influence over how funds are managed on GiveSendGo’s U.S.-based platform, according to a tweet from the company today.
Last year, Bitcoin payment processor OpenNode noted that the BTC payment solution is a feasible alternative for people whose traditional payment methods have been restricted.
