Portrait of CIA whistleblower was sold for $ 5.5 million

The portrait of former CIA employee, Edward Snowden in NFT format, increased by more than 1,000 times in just one day.
On April 16, Edward Snowden put up for sale a portrait of himself NFT. The digital artwork “Stay Free” was created from the court’s document pages. The case mentioned in this case is the secret surveillance program behind the US government.

Edward Snowden’s “Stay Free” NFT photo has skyrocketed after going public. Photo: The Verge. After just one day, from the start of 2 ETH, or $ 4,918, the price of this unique photo has increased by more than 1,000 times, reaching 2,224 ETH (nearly $ 5.5 million) and possibly continuing increase. All profits from the sale of photos will not go to its owner. Instead, this money is financed Press Freedom Organization where Snowden served as president. “New crypto applications can play an important role in helping us,” Snowden stated. This is a photo that is being paid for $ 5.5 million. Photo: Foundation. Snowden is living in exile in Moscow (Russia). As an intelligence agent, he copied confidential information from the US National Security Agency (NSA), sending it to Greenwald and documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras in 2013. Based on this information, the above articles The Guardian and The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize for the Public Service category. In 2020, seven years after Snowden passed the documents to Greenwald and Poitras, the US Court of Appeal ruled that the government’s mass phone wiretapping program was a violation of the law. Things to know about NFT – the new fever of the world NFT stands for Non-Fungible Token. This is a crypto token on the blockchain that represents a single asset class.