The collectible kittens that inhabit Ethereum's network now feature Honu, a half-cat, half-turtle digital art piece that was auctioned for $ 25,000 for charity. CryptoKitties team announced that the funds raised by the purchase of Honu, "the ambassador cryptokitty Ocean" will go to two non-profit responsible for conserving marine life.

The auction, which was open for a week, closed this Wednesday, July 18 at 11:45 PM, achieving the sale of the digital collectible for the amount of the base offer , 25,000 dollars . This money will be used to support the work of the foundation Sea Shepherd Conservation Society , those carrying out ecological conservation in Antigua and Barbuda and accept donations in criptomonedas , and Unite BVI, responsible for saving the turtles endangered by illegal breeding and hunting furtive in the British Virgin Islands.

The Honu initiative , which means turtle in Hawaiian, is part of a new charitable project of the company called Kitties-for-Good, in which the group of global leaders dedicated to protecting the ocean and wildlife work as allies, Ocean Elder , and ACTAI , a conservative and technological proposal interested in positive social impact.

According to Cassidy Robertson, director of Kitties-for-Good, Honu is one of the first cryptokitties that "represents and personifies charitable causes".

This is not the first time that the Ethereum cryptogames are put at the service of charitable causes, since last May 140,000 dollars were donated to support an art project and blockchain , auctioning the Celestial Cyber ​​Dim during the Ethereal Summit of this year.

According to Forbes , the winner of the auction is making a donation that made oceanic and conserve wildlife while reducing taxes who makes the donation. Benny Giang, co-founder of Criptokitties, said recently:

The CryptoKitties make up the most used DApp of the Ethereum network. In fact, they managed to break records in sales prices and financing during the months after its launch, managing to become one of the most important collectible token platforms in the ecosystem.

A month ago CryptoKitties received a lawsuit for theft of trade secrets and confidentiality agreements linked to the collectables of NBA player Stephen Curry. Dismissed later by the United States District Court for the Southern District of California for not finding merits to start a trial.

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