WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Welcomes Daughter With Terminator Quote

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By Dextape Desk · November 10, 2026

Julian Assange, who founded WikiLeaks, announced his daughter's birth on X with a photo of himself holding her and a caption from the 1991 film Terminator 2. According to the article, the quote suggests people can still avert disaster. His wife, Stella Assange, a human rights lawyer, also posted, calling the baby adorable and loud. After Visa, Mastercard and PayPal stopped serving the site, it began taking Bitcoin, and an anonymous donor later transferred 8 BTC to pay off a roughly $500,000 flight debt. The JUSTICE token tied to AssangeDAO, which he has no involvement with, barely moved on the birth news, and its daily trading volume is down to a few hundred dollars.

Why it matters: It shows how Bitcoin donations helped keep a publisher running after payment firms cut it off, a case the article calls among the earliest of its kind.

Mentioned: Bitcoin, Visa

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