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title: "Finland will Donate its Seized Bitcoin to Ukraine"  
description: "Cryptocurrency is the modern currency that will be able to make transactions all over the world here is the latest news over Finland's decision on Cry"  
author: "Sanjay Goenka"  
published: 2022-04-29  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1603/finland-will-donate-its-seized-bitcoin-to-ukraine  
category: "cryptocurrency"  
tags: ["bitcoin", "cryptocurrency exchange platform", "technology news", "cryptocurrency"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Finland will Donate its Seized Bitcoin to Ukraine

**Finland is trying to help** fearless **Ukraine** in the ongoing **Russia-Ukraine war**, the country is planning to donate its seized **Bitcoin**, **[cryptocurrency](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1496/ukraine-now-launched-a-website-to-accept-cryptocurrency-donations)** to Ukraine to help Ukraine in March. It is expected that Finland will donate **1,981 seized Bitcoins** by its customs department directly to Ukraine.

## Highlights

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In recent years, Donations are being made in Cryptocurrency
The cabinet of Finland will discuss the matter at the end of May
The Finnish Government is weighing on how to donate the funds
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**Also Read: [Bitcoin ATM Installation in Senate Building of Mexico and Senate Calls It Freedom](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1602/bitcoin-atm-installation-in-senate-building-of-mexico-and-senate-calls-it-freedom)**

Finland’s [Government](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/276/performance-of-government-in-the-center) has said reportedly donated the seized **cryptocurrency to Ukraine**. These cryptocurrencies are based on criminal [operations](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/304985/how-does-devops-bridge-the-gap-between-development-and-operations-teams-like-git) and the county is planning to help Ukraine to support the latter’s war [efforts against](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/107857/what-s-the-status-of-global-efforts-against-poverty) the [Russian invasion](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/83037/russian-invasion-of-ukraine-would-reverberate-around-the-world).

According to a local [news](https://www.mindstick.com/developersection/news) report, the **Finnish government** has amassed BTC 1,981 (roughly Rs. 600 crores). These coins were seized by the custom authority of the Finnish Government Officials in “investigations related to” crimes such as “drugs and [drug trafficking](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/115519/how-does-drug-trafficking-connect-with-other-crimes-such-as-money-laundering-and-violence).”

According to the Finnish Media Outlet, Helsingin Sanomat says the sources did not rule out handling its stash of Bitcoin “Directly to Ukraine” [one of the biggest](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51358/what-was-one-of-the-biggest-issued-debated-in-the-1970s) newspapers of Finland said about the news ‘as per the sources that a decision on how much of the sale would be donated to Ukraine is still in vague and waiting to be revealed.

**Also Read: [Ukraine Now Launched a Website to Accept Cryptocurrency Donations.](http://mindstick.com/news/1496/ukraine-now-launched-a-website-to-accept-cryptocurrency-donations)**

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