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Pineapple Fund Writes Farewell Post, Reports That All Funds Have Been Donated

Published 05/10/2018, 10:54 PM
Updated 05/11/2018, 12:02 AM
Pineapple Fund Writes Farewell Post, Reports That All Funds Have Been Donated

Pineapple Fund, a Bitcoin-only charity, has reportedly accomplished its ultimate mission and donated 5104 bitcoins (BTC) or $55 mln to various nonprofit organizations, the fund’s creator wrote in a farewell post on Reddit May 10.

In December, when the BTC price approached its record high of $20,000, an anonymous donor who goes by the nickname Pine set a goal to give away 5057 bitcoins worth around $86 mln at the time. The amount turned out to be worth $31 mln less than they had initially anticipated due to the dramatic drop of the crypto market in early 2018. The donor later described the market downturn in terms of a cryptocurrencybubble”.

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