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Greenpeace Has Stopped Accepting Bitcoin Donations Due to Network’s Environmental Impact
23.5.2021
Greenpeace, the ecological NGO, has stopped accepting bitcoin donations due to the big impact the cryptocurrency network has on the environment. The organization, which was one of the first NGOs to add bitcoin to its donations arsenal, has now backpedaled due to the growing energy consumption...
Cobie Livestream Raises $800,000 in Crypto to Pay Child’s Cancer Treatment
16.5.2021
Cobie, the host of the Uponly podcast and a popular crypto Twitter personality, bolstered a fundraising session for John Oliver, a six-year-old kid that is currently battling leukemia. The initiative was quite successful, getting the attention of the likes of FTX executive Sam Bankman Fried,...
One of Africa’s Oldest Wildlife Conservancies Accepts Crypto Donations
10.5.2021
One of Africa’s biggest wildlife conservancies, the Virunga National Park, which is situated in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), says it now accepts donations via cryptocurrency. It says such donations will be used in helping to protect DRC’s famed “mountain gorillas...
The rise of crypto charities: Elongate and Munch raise millions for various causes
9.5.2021
The cryptocurrency community is flexing its generosity amid the latest bull market, as charitable donations continue to grow
MUNCH Project Reaches $1 Million Milestone in Charitable Donations
7.5.2021
PRESS RELEASE. DeFi project Munch has raised over $1 million USD in two weeks, to aid community-chosen global causes in developing nations, through non-profit organization GiveWell. May 7th, 2021, London, UK — MUNCH is a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) project which has raised over $1 million...
Four crypto veterans pledge to give at least 1% of their wealth to charity each year
5.5.2021
Ryan Selkis, Dan Matuszewski, Qiao Wang and Haseeb Qureshi join the new crypto donations initiative established by The Giving Block
Russian Media Outlet Asks for Crypto Donations After Being Labeled ‘Foreign Agents’ by the Kremlin
1.5.2021
Russian authorities have recently labeled one of the leading independent media outlets in the country as a “foreign agent.” Such a maneuver led Meduza to set up a fiat and crypto fundraiser to survive the consequences of labeling. Fund Will Accept Donations in Bitcoin, Ethereum,...
Vitalik Buterin and Balaji Srinivasan Donate to Indian Covid Relief Fund Despite Country’s Intentions to Ban Cryptos
27.4.2021
The covid-19 crisis is worsening every day in India, as the country keeps hitting record daily numbers of cases and its death toll. The crypto community is starting to show solidarity with the country, as big players such as Ethereum co-founder and a well-known investor announced crypto donations...
The Giving Block launches 'Crypto Giving Pledge' to ramp up crypto donation efforts
26.4.2021
“Crypto Giving Pledge” is the organization’s most ambitious fundraising initiative yet
Humble Bundle Moves To Limit Charitable Donations To 15% Starting In May
23.4.2021
Humble Bundle announced today that in May it will begin removing its distinctive sliders from game bundle store pages, in effect capping the amount of the purchase price customers can donate to charity. News of this change has enraged some onlookers, who characterized it as greedy.Read more
Anonymous Dogecoin Holder Donates Profits to a Dog Shelter in Florida
23.4.2021
In the last few days, the popular meme-based cryptocurrency has witnessed wild movements across the board, going up and down. An anonymous woman who holds dogecoin and profited from the latest all-time high ($0.44) made a philanthropic maneuver in favor of dogs. Woman Left A “Dogecoin”...
SafeEarth Donates $100,000 to TheOceanCleanUp Kicking Off Blockchain Eco Project
16.4.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Blockchain eco project SafeEarth has donated over $100,000 to TheOceanCleanUp charity with more donations planned for other global charities. 16th April, 2021, London, UK — SafeEarth, a blockchain eco project, has donated over $100,000 to community selected charity...
German software developer donated $1.2M in 'undeserved' Bitcoin to political party
14.4.2021
"The donor has made it clear to us that he sees these profits as undeserved wealth," said a spokesperson for the country's Greens party
14 Years of Art for $500K: Youtuber Ali Spagnola Compiles All Her Free Paintings Into an NFT
12.4.2021
In mid-January, Bitcoin.com’s newsdesk wrote about the popular artist and Youtuber, Alicia Dawn “Ali” Spagnola after she “accidentally got bitcoin rich” from her Free Paintings project. Since then, a great number of people told her to create a non-fungible token (NFT)...
Filecoin Foundation donates $10M in FIL tokens to Internet Archive
2.4.2021
The Internet Archive’s founder Brewster Kahle has joined the boards of advisors for the Filecoin Foundation and the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web
Growth hacker uses crypto to help the unhoused
29.3.2021
Giacomo Arcaro distributed more than $20,000 worth of Ether to some of New York City's homeless population last weekend
Private Messaging App Signal Now Accepts Donations in Cryptocurrencies
17.3.2021
The nonprofit foundation behind the privacy-driven messaging app Signal is officially joining the cryptocurrency venture. In this case, the Signal Foundation announced it has started accepting crypto donations. Signal Foundation Also Takes Donations in Privacy Coins According to an announcement...
Signal encrypted messenger now accepts donations in Bitcoin
16.3.2021
Encrypted messaging app Signal has started accepting donations in 12 cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin and Ether
How crypto donations are helping victims of the Texas winter storm
10.3.2021
"We intend to accept donations via cryptocurrency essentially forever," said the Austin Disaster Relief Network's chief financial officer
Gemini collaborates with The Giving Block and others, adds donations option
25.2.2021
Gemini has made digital asset giving more convenient for its users