Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova Helps Raise $7.1 Million for Ukraine Relief With NFT
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRussian feminist punk group Pussy Riot has become as well known for its public broadsides against Vladimir Putin’s government as its music, and the group’s Nadya Tolokonnikova put that reputation to work by joining forces with Trippy Labs and members of PleasrDAO to create UkraineDAO, which via an NFT of Ukraine’s flag has raised more than $7.1 million as of early Thursday.According to a rep, in just five days some 3,271 contributors bid on the 1/1 NFT, hosted as a PartyBid auction, a tool allowing people to pool resources and bid collectively for group ownership of the NFT. People can still continue to donate directly to the DAO via UkraineDAO.eth.Tolokonnikova said in a statement: ”We purposefully avoided adding our own art to this release; in a way it’s our strong conceptual artistic statement.