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Sam Altman Sponsored Study Found UBI Increases Spending on Basic Needs and Philanthropy

24.7.2024
A multi-year study sponsored by Openai’s Sam Altman examined the effects of a UBI stipend on the spending patterns of the beneficiaries, finding that most of the money was spent on basic needs. The study, which gave $45 million to thousands of Americans, also determined that the stipend...

Elon says AI will ‘do everything better than you,’ make employment obsolete

24.5.2024
Despite having fathered at least 10 children, Musk also seems to think humans will struggle to find meaning in their lives without employment

Jack Dorsey Contributes $1M to Kickstart Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot in St. Louis

13.10.2023
Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter and current CEO of Square Inc., is contributing $1 million to support the launch of a pilot program for guaranteed basic income in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. According to the city, applicants will be selected on a first come, first serve basis “for...

Worldcoin Adoption Said to Be Accelerating; Sam Altman States ‘One Person Getting Verified Every 8 Seconds’

29.7.2023
Worldcoin, the digital ID passport and universal basic income project, is allegedly rising in popularity, with thousands of people said to be signing up and registering. According to Sam Altman, co-founder of the project, one person is currently verified by the iris scanning devices —...

Anna Stone, Web3 at eToro and Director of GoodDollar.org, on Universal Basic Income (UBI) and Web3 | Ep. 225

28.4.2023
In an exclusive interview with cryptonews.com ,Anna Stone, Web3 at eToro and Director of GoodDollar.org, talks about universal basic income, Web3 Open source code, and the future of financial inclusion.... Read More: Anna Stone, Web3 at eToro and Director of GoodDollar.org, on Universal Basic...

Income Movement Rightfulshare Says It Has Launched ‘First Unconditional’ Crypto UBI in South Africa

15.2.2023
Rightfulshare, an income equality advocacy movement, recently said it has launched what it describes as the “first unconditional” crypto universal basic income (UBI) transfer. According to Karen Jooste, the crypto UBI not only expands the possibilities for unemployed South Africans...

How cryptocurrency could help tackle global income inequality

31.8.2022
A look at the many ways that cryptocurrency can help to solve the problems associated with global income equality

Jack Dorsey on UBI: Bitcoin encourages transparency, long-term thinking

5.2.2022
Dorsey's Start Small initiative has invested over $55 million across the United States and overseas to experiment on universal basic income

Iris Scanning Worldcoin Idea Fuels Objections From Privacy Advocates — Snowden Says ‘Don’t Catalog Eyeballs’

25.10.2021
During the last few weeks, a project called Worldcoin has been the subject of numerous headlines and speculation. Worldcoin launched on October 21 and aims to be a universal basic income (UBI) crypto asset that gives free tokens to accounts that are verified with a biometric eye scan. The project...

eToro commits $1M to GoodDollar universal basic income project

22.9.2021
Crypto-focused charities continue to grow. Through GoodDollar, eToro is targeting financial inclusion and literacy through a global UBI program

Missouri mayor suggests giving residents up to $1K in Bitcoin

20.8.2021
Jayson Stewart hinted Cool Valley residents could be required to HODL the funds for five years

Crypto E-Commerce Giant Shopping.io Supports eToro Social Impact Non-Profit, GoodDollar

4.6.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Shopping.io – Los Angeles, CA the premier crypto E-commerce platform will donate $50,000 to eToro’s flagship corporate social responsibility project GoodDollar, a non-profit initiative that distributes free crypto-based universal basic income (UBI) as part of its mission...

The Problem With Painting Blockchain With a Crypto Brush

21.4.2021
Blockchain’s underlying decentralized ledger technology has many practical applications, yet, the value of the technology itself has in practice become secondary to token capitalization. Speculation in Coins and Tokens Routinely Overshadows Promising Developments and Initiatives As major...

Kenyan Fintech Startup to Use Stablecoins to Transfer Universal Basic Income Payments to African Refugees

17.4.2021
Kotani Pay, a Kenya based digital currency on and off-ramp service provider, has entered into an agreement wherein it will enable the transfer of universal basic income (UBI) payments to African refugees. Working in conjunction with the Refugee Integration Organisation (RIO) and Impact Market,...

Candidate for Mayor Andrew Yang Plans to Make New York City a Bitcoin Hub

13.2.2021
Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang is running for mayor of New York City. He has promised that as mayor he would invest in making the city “a hub for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.” Yang is also pro-universal basic income (UBI) and wants to launch “the largest basic...

Etoro’s Gooddollar Basic Income Initiative Aims to Fund 1 Million New Users With New Referral Program

9.2.2021
An incentive of 100G$ will be given to registered users for new referrals, and 50G$ to new users as a ‘welcome bonus.’ Etoro, one of the world’s leading social trading platforms, has announced that it’s funding rewards for the next one million users of its Gooddollar...