Julian Assange, the co-founder of WikiLeaks, has received a massive Bitcoin donation from an anonymous "whale" to cover the cost of his freedom flight from the UK to Australia.

The donation, which consisted of BTC, enabled Assange to pay for a private jet that flew him to Canberra after he reached a plea agreement in a Saipan court, ending his legal battle.

Assange stated that he believed the charges against him under the Espionage Act violated his First Amendment rights, though he admitted that pressuring sources to reveal classified material for publication may have been illegal. As part of the plea deal, Assange must delete the material he provided to WikiLeaks.

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