Charity

Performance Artist Known for Eating $120K Art Basel Banana Is Doing NFTs With Dole

The NFT series looks to raise funds for anti-hunger programs.

Business  ·  28 April 2021

Bitcoin Developer Fund Brink Secures Tax-Exempt Status

U.S. bitcoiners can now make tax-exempt donations to fund Bitcoin development.

Tech  ·  10 February 2021
Charity

Children’s Charity Creates Bitcoin Superhero to Attract Crypto Donations

The "Billy Bitcoin" hero is part of the charity's efforts to drum up more crypto donations.

News  ·  8 February 2021
Crypto Donations

The Downside of Crypto Donations

Nonprofits and their supporters are turning to crypto to avoid taxmen, middlemen and restrictive lawmakers. Unless they do their homework, nonprofits face restrictions of a different kind.

People  ·  13 January 2021
Opinion

Bull Run Democracy, Revisited

In 2017, high-flying bitcoiners attempted to foment democracy in Venezuela by airdropping crypto and paper wallets. What did we learn from these experiments?

People  ·  7 January 2021
China

China’s Coronavirus Outbreak Prompts Blockchain Adoption for Charity

China’s banking and digital payment giants are using blockchain technology to add transparency to charity organizations' donation distribution networks.

News  ·  27 October 2020
CoinFlash

Charity Turns Down Bitcoin Donation From Darkside Hackers

Hackers who handed out cryptocurrency donations to charities are having a hard time in their bid to "make the world a better place."

News  ·  20 October 2020
Nigeria

Nigerian Banks Shut Them Out, So These Activists Are Using Bitcoin to Battle Police Brutality

As End SARS protests against police brutality surge through Nigeria, the Feminist Coalistion has turned to bitcoin as a financial lifeline.

Tech  ·  16 October 2020
CoinFlash

Crypto Luminaries Auction NFT ‘Art’ for Charity

Vitalik Buterin's quadratic funding notes raised 40 ETH for an open-source grant program. He and others are auctioning off NFTs on Cryptograph for charity.

Business  ·  14 July 2020
MakerDAO

Irish Charity Receives $1.1M Grant to Build Blockchain Platform for Aid Distribution

The grant will also allow Oxfam to scale the project across the Pacific region and explore its potential in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean.

News  ·  3 July 2020
Charity

How the Crypto Community Helped Us Raise $110,000 for Charity

The campaign, by CoinDesk, Gitcoin, Ethereal and the Giving Block, raised money for COVID-19 relief using "quadratic funding" to make donations.

News  ·  26 June 2020
Blockchain Applications

This App Tracks the Impact of Your Donation to Combat Coronavirus

"Let's start a positive epidemic," says the team behind the #SpreadLoveNotCorona app. "The more people get infected, the more money goes to charity."

Tech  ·  16 April 2020
Securities

Openfinance Lists New Security Token in Charity Fundraising Effort

Openfinance recently announced that Lottery.com’s LDCC security token is now available to investors.

News  ·  19 February 2020
Bitcoin

American Cancer Society Now Accepting Bitcoin Donations Through BitPay

“Our mission is urgent and in order to accomplish it, we need to engage donors where they are.”

Business  ·  24 December 2019
ETHDenver

Crypto Burner Wallets Helped an IT Conference Give $40,000 to Charity

Publicly-traded analytics firm Splunk gave 10,000 conference attendees ERC-20 burner wallets. Three non-profits received over $40,000 as a result.

Markets  ·  1 November 2019