In lieu of Covid19 and the upsurge in the number of cases in India, the crypto community came together to support the cause. On April 24th, Polygon (Matic) co-founder, Sandeep Nailwal, came forward and started a COVID relief campaign, where he urged assistance from the global crypto community. He ensured fund transparency and regulatory compliance.

Can't take this sitting down anymore, I am going to run a Covid relief campaign in lieu of what’s going on in India.

Need help from the Global crypto community.

I will take full responsibility for transparency, funds usage and regulatory compliance

If you want to donate.. 1/n

— Sandeep – Polygon(prev Matic Network) (@sandeepnailwal) April 24, 2021

This tweet reached the global crypto leaders like ex-CTO of Coinbase, Balaji S. Srinivasan, and Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. They came forward and donated for this cause.

Vitalik donated Rs 4.5 Crores.

Thanks for organizing this @sandeepnailwal and thanks a lot for pointing this out @balajis!https://t.co/2PBOQKYuZqhttps://t.co/uOzQ15sZnL

— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) April 24, 2021

Balaji said he’ll donate $50 dollars for retweeting his tweet, up to $100K~ ₹74,00,000.

If you’ve been fortunate enough to do well this year, consider joining me and @VitalikButerin by donating at the addresses below.

But if all you have is Twitter, help spread the word. For every RT, I’ll donate another $50 to fight COVID in India, up to $100k. #cryptovscovid https://t.co/eKlOlccelv

— balajis.com (@balajis) April 25, 2021

India’s largest exchange, WazirX, came forward and pledged to donate ₹8 Crores towards COVID-relief causes. The donation will go to NGOs and causes working on areas that need urgent assistance like supplying oxygen cylinders, medical equipment, feeding the underprivileged, and providing medical assistance.

Day 910

When we announced Rs. 8 Crore donation, we got feedback that you wanted to donate some of your crypto.

To enable this, we’re today launching our donation page.

Let’s help where we can. No help is small ??#IndiaWantsCrypto#CryptoFightsCoronahttps://t.co/zCaMvUbF2k

— Nischal (WazirX) ?? (@NischalShetty) April 29, 2021

Even, famous Australian pacers – Pat Cummins and Brett Lee also came forth and supported this cause with a donation of $50,000 USD ~ ₹36 Lakhs and 1 Bitcoin ~ ₹40 Lakhs (at the time he donated) respectively.

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— Pat Cummins (@patcummins30) April 26, 2021

Well done @patcummins30 ?? pic.twitter.com/iCeU6933Kp

— Brett Lee (@BrettLee_58) April 27, 2021

We urge you to participate in this movement to fight COVID19 ?

Stay safe, and we will come out of this!

#CryptoFightsCorona

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