Ukraine Launches Website for NFT Donations and More
The most valuable crypto stories for Friday, April 29, 2022.
ABOUT
"The Hash" hosts discuss the Ukrainian government's newest initiative to use non-fungible token (NFT) donations in the war against Russia. Also, Panama's new crypto law and private equity investment firm Apollo's new hire for its digital asset division.
See also: Finland Selects Coinmotion, Tesseract as Brokers for Ukraine Bitcoin Donations
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This episode has been edited by Michele Musso. Our Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz with additional production support from Eleanor Pahl. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.“
HOSTS
Will Foxley is the host of The Mining Pod and publisher at Blockspace Media. A former co-host of CoinDesk's The Hash, Will was the director of content at Compass Mining and a tech reporter at CoinDesk.

Jennifer Sanasie is an executive producer and senior anchor at CoinDesk, with over a decade of journalism experience across the U.S., Canada, and South Africa. Beyond media, she has worked closely with Web3 companies on marketing, content, and business strategy.
Jennifer holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management, a Master of Laws in Innovation and Technology from the University of Toronto, a BA in Media Studies from the University of Guelph, and a Journalism Diploma from Humber College.
She owns BTC, ETH, SOL, USDC, USDT, G7, and DCNT. She also holds a mix of NFTs, altcoins and memecoins worth under $1,000.

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