Edward Snowden, the former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and the CIA, has put up his first non-fungible token for auction.
I’ve donated a unique #NFT to charity to support the defense of journalists and whistleblowers. If you’re interested in portraits crafted from historic legal opinions—or just want to support the cause—it goes to auction today at 3pm ET. Here is the link: https://t.co/qhFjtgMP5W https://t.co/LHRi6DWZNO
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) April 15, 2021
The NFT “Stay Free” depicts a digitised portrait of Snowden formed from cuttings from documents in a lawsuit alleging NSA violations of U.S. law.
Snowden listed the token for sale via the Foundation marketplace. Bidding began on April 16. At the time of writing, the highest bid stood at 200 ETH.
Just a half an hour into this exceptional charity auction and bidding has reach 20 #ETH ($50k USD, high bid by @mondoir ). So grateful to see such global support for press freedom. Thank you!
As a reminder, carbon for this event will be offset, so bid with confidence. Good luck! https://t.co/yOtmxzxgiT
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) April 15, 2021
Snowden will donate all proceeds to the foundation advocating for freedom of speech in the press and against journalism that places the interests of authorities above the public. Since 2016, the former NSA employee has served as president of the organisation.
Earlier it emerged that director and producer Kevin Smith to sell his new horror film “Killroy Was Here” as an NFT.
As of writing, the most expensive NFT ever sold remains Michael Winkelmann’s Everydays: The First 5000 Days — sold for $69.3 million.