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 Bitcoiner contributes to Julian Assange’s freedom, pays $500K debt in BTC. Bitcoiner helps Julian Assange return home debt-free after 14 years of fighting against U.S extradition. WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is free after a 14-year battle against extradition to the United States. In a final effort to secure his freedom, an anonymous Bitcoiner donated over eight Bitcoin, valued at $500,000, to help Assange’s family pay off the debt incurred by his travel and settlement expenses.On June 24, Assange was released from the high-security Belmarsh prison in the United Kingdom after reaching a plea agreement with the United States. Shortly after his release, he departed the country on a private plane from a London airport to the U.S. Pacific territory of Saipan.Assange walked free from appeared in a district court in Saipan on June 26 where he pleaded guilty to one charge of breaching the U.S. Espionage Act by leaking classified document.
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 anonymous Bitcoiner made a significant contribution to help Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, pay off his debt and secure his freedom. Julian Assange was required to pay $520,000 to the Australian government for the forced chartering of flight VJ199 to travel to Saipan and Australia. In an effort to assist with the debt, Assange's wife, Stella Assange, started a crowdfunding page 
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