Ukrainian football club Shakhtar raises humanitarian funds through NFT sale

Shakhtar Donetsk, a leading football team in Ukraine, will be selling a batch of non-fungible tokens. The club intends to auction off several signed shirts to raise money for Ukrainian citizens affected by the ongoing war with Russia. FC Shakhtar Donetsk is auctioning digital collectibles with help from Binance.

Binance NFT, the world's leading cryptocurrency exchange, announced on Friday the launch of an NFT collection from FC Shakhtar Donetsk, one of the top professional football clubs in Ukraine.

Next week, Shakhtar will auction nine signed shirts from the “Football for Peace” initiative. The main goal of the initiative is to support Ukrainian children affected by military hostilities in their country by organizing friendly matches and donating ticket proceeds. The auction will start on May 7 and will last for a week, Bianes explained 

In detail in a blog post. The trading platform added, “Each of the highest bidders will receive a limited-edition Shakhtar Donetsk FC shirt with the slogan ‘Football for Peace.’ The shirts will be signed by all Shakhtar players and coaches, including Ukrainian stars Taras Stepanenko, Mikhail Modric and Andrey Pyatov.”

Furthermore, 10,000 NFT Mystery Boxes will be released  

For sale at 10 

BUSD. It will also be available on Bayanis NFT from Saturday. Proceeds from the auction and mystery box sales will be donated to the Shakhtar Social Fund and Charitable Relief Fund.

The money will be spent to help Ukrainians in need of humanitarian assistance. We are committed to helping Ukrainian society emerge stronger from this crisis. Blockchain is ideal for this given the transparency and accountability it provides, Sergey Balkin, CEO of  

FC Shakhtar Donetsk. “Throughout the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, digital assets, including NFT, have played an important role in providing fast, efficient and simple assistance to those in need,” added Helen Hay, Head of 

Bayanis NFT 

. Since Russia began its military invasion in late February, Ukraine has been increasingly reliant on cryptocurrency donations and has already raised millions of dollars in digital currencies to fund its defense and solve humanitarian problems. Members of the crypto community and other countries have provided or pledged support for these efforts.

Shakhtar was originally based in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, which is currently controlled by pro-Russian separatist forces. The military conflict in the Donbass region forced the football club to move its headquarters to Kiev. Since 2014, Shakhtar has played its home matches in Lviv, Kharkiv and the Ukrainian capital.