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| + | This is a '''Timeline of cryptocurrency and philanthropy''', attempting to describe significant events related to philanthropic aspects of cryptocurrencies. | ||
== Sample questions == | == Sample questions == | ||
The following are some interesting questions that can be answered by reading this timeline: | The following are some interesting questions that can be answered by reading this timeline: | ||
| − | + | * What currencies are named in this timeline? | |
| + | ** Sort the full timeline by "Currency". | ||
| + | ** You will see a variety of currencies having been donated, mainly Bitcoin, but also altcoins and US Dollars in cases that involve organizations related to cryptocurrencies and blockchain. | ||
| + | * What are some of the several philanthropic causes involving cryptocurrencies? | ||
| + | ** Sort the full timeline by "Cause". | ||
| + | ** You will see a variety of causes, most often charitable, which aim to provide help and raise money for those in need. | ||
| + | * What are some donation cases mentioned in this timeline? | ||
| + | ** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Donation". | ||
| + | ** You will see some significant donations in terms of amount, and other significant cases in terms of novelty. | ||
| + | * What are some cases of entities adopting cryptocurrency donations? | ||
| + | ** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Adoption". | ||
| + | ** You will mostly see novel adoptions of cryptocurrency donations in different fields. | ||
| + | * What are some enterprises aimed at receiving cryptocurrency donations for philanthropic causes? | ||
| + | ** Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Campaign launch" (for campaigns), "Platform launch" (for online platforms), and "Program launch". | ||
| + | * Other events are described under the following types: "Funding", "Partnership", "Publication", "Recommendation", "Regulation", "Security", "Tool launch", and "Trend growth". | ||
==Big picture== | ==Big picture== | ||
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! Time period !! Development summary !! More details | ! Time period !! Development summary !! More details | ||
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| − | | | + | | 2013–2015 || Early developments || Donations in cryptocurrency, particularly in Bitcoin, begin, with major donations occurring already in 2013. |
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| − | | | + | | 2016 || Formalization || Organizations trying to do charity work and delivering aid through the form of Bitcoin begin to emerge, along with organizations that do impact investing based on blockchain technology.<ref>{{cite web |title=Blockchain for Philanthropy – Master of Development Practice |url=https://mdp.berkeley.edu/blockchain-for-philanthropy/ |website=mdp.berkeley.edu |access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2020 || | | + | | 2017 onwards || Take off || Cryptocurrency donations accelerate in 2017 after Bitcoin hits US$20,000 for the first time. Over US$100 million in crypto is donated to the few organizations who are ready to accept Bitcoin. Since then, cryptocurrency donations would increase with estimates of $200-$300 million per year being donated in crypto.<ref>{{cite web |title=Is your nonprofit missing out on a huge crypto-tunity? |url=https://www.helenbrowngroup.com/is-your-nonprofit-missing-out-on-a-huge-crypto-tunity/ |website=Helen Brown Group |access-date=16 January 2022 |date=13 May 2021}}</ref> In 2018, whereas foundations crypto assets plung, donations keep rising in the year.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pender |first1=Kathleen |title=Silicon Valley foundation's crypto assets plunged, but donations rose in 2018 |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/networth/article/Silicon-Valley-foundation-s-crypto-assets-14029709.php |website=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=14 February 2021 |date=22 June 2019}}</ref> |
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| + | | 2020 onwards || {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}} || The pandemic prompts even more nonprofit organizations to accept cryptocurrency donations.<ref>{{cite web |title=COVID-19 has spurred more nonprofit organizations to accept crypto |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/covid-19-has-spurred-more-nonprofit-organizations-to-accept-crypto |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=12 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> In the United States, the booming cryptocurrency donations to charities are benefited by not being recognized as taxable events.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tax Benefits of Cryptocurrency Donations {{!}} Insider Guide |url=https://www.classy.org/blog/crypto-donation-tax-benefits/#:~:text=Donating%20crypto%20directly%20to%20a,gains%20tax%20when%20you%20file.&text=If%20you%20donate%20a%20long,the%20time%20of%20your%20contribution. |website=Classy |access-date=30 January 2022 |date=27 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Charitable Organisations Increasingly Receiving Donations in Cryptocurrency |url=https://www.newsbtc.com/news/bitcoin/charitable-organisations-increasingly-receiving-donations-in-cryptocurrency/ |website=NewsBTC |access-date=16 December 2021 |date=4 October 2018}}</ref> | ||
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! Year !! Month and date (approximately) !! Currency !! Cause !! Event type !! Details | ! Year !! Month and date (approximately) !! Currency !! Cause !! Event type !! Details | ||
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| − | | 2013 || || | + | | 2013 || October 31 || || {{w|Poverty alleviation}} || Recommendation || {{w|Ripple Labs}} encourages people to give to nonprofit organization {{w|GiveDirectly}}, which provides a platform for donors to make direct transfer resources to the extreme poor.<ref name="sfwfrw"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Help the World's Poor Via GiveDirectly and Ripple |url=https://ripple.com/insights/help-the-worlds-poor-via-givedirectly-and-ripple/ |website=Ripple |access-date=17 December 2021 |date=31 October 2013}}</ref> |
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| + | | 2013 || Early November || Bitcoin || Emergency relief || Donation || Immeditely after {{w|Typhoon Haiyan}} strikes the {{w|Philippines}}, charitable organization {{w|Save the Children}} begins accepting Bitcoin donations via BitPay, a company that processes the donations. The charity becomes the world’s first {{w|INGO}} to accept a Bitcoin donation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Donate Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies |url=https://www.savethechildren.org/us/ways-to-help/ways-to-give/ways-to-help/cryptocurrency-donation |website=Save the Children |access-date=16 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Mehdi |first1=Khosrow-Pour, D. B. A. |title=Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Digital Marketing and Entrepreneurship |date=9 November 2018 |publisher=IGI Global |isbn=978-1-5225-7767-6 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=cbJ2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA343&lpg=PA343&dq=Save+the+Children+accept+a+bitcoin+donation+in+2013&source=bl&ots=MGct79-8y2&sig=ACfU3U3uK1yPqJVo3mFKmNDbKG6I9Zl1Dg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjxs4marLf1AhUUqpUCHUQCBXcQ6AF6BAgREAM#v=onepage&q=Save%20the%20Children%20accept%20a%20bitcoin%20donation%20in%202013&f=false |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2013 || | + | | 2013 || November 30 || Bitcoin || Education || Donation || American early bitcoin investor {{w|Roger Ver}} donates US$1 million worth of Bitcoin to the {{w|Foundation for Economic Education}}, a U.S. conservative libertarian economic think tank.<ref name="henryharvin">{{cite web |title=WHO ARE THE RICHEST BITCOIN OWNERS? Bitcoin - Henry Harvin |url=https://www.henryharvin.com/blog/who-are-the-top-richest-bitcoin-owners/ |website=www.henryharvin.com |access-date=8 February 2021}}</ref> This is the largest charitable Bitcoin donation to date.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Southurst |first1=Jon |title=Roger Ver, 'Bitcoin Jesus', Makes Largest Ever Bitcoin Donation of $1 Million |url=https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2013/11/30/roger-ver-bitcoin-jesus-makes-largest-ever-bitcoin-donation-of-1-million/ |website=www.coindesk.com |access-date=16 January 2022 |language=en |date=30 November 2013}}</ref> |
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| 2013 || December 17 || Bitcoin || Digital privacy || Adoption || {{w|The Tor Project}}, a Seattle-based research-education nonprofit organization, starts accepting Bitcoin donations.<ref name="sfwfrw"/> In partnership with Bitpay, BTC can be donated to support Tor’s mission of being the global resource for privacy technology advocacy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Announcement: The Tor Project is now accepting Bitcoin Donations {{!}} Tor Project |url=https://blog.torproject.org/announcement-tor-project-now-accepting-bitcoin-donations/ |website=blog.torproject.org |access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref> | | 2013 || December 17 || Bitcoin || Digital privacy || Adoption || {{w|The Tor Project}}, a Seattle-based research-education nonprofit organization, starts accepting Bitcoin donations.<ref name="sfwfrw"/> In partnership with Bitpay, BTC can be donated to support Tor’s mission of being the global resource for privacy technology advocacy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Announcement: The Tor Project is now accepting Bitcoin Donations {{!}} Tor Project |url=https://blog.torproject.org/announcement-tor-project-now-accepting-bitcoin-donations/ |website=blog.torproject.org |access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| 2013–2018 || || || Charity || Trend growth || According to Blackbaud, online charitable giving grows from 6.4% of all giving in 2013 to 8.5% in 2018.<ref name="The Fut">{{cite web |title=The Future of Philanthropy Lies in Blockchain Technology |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-future-of-philanthropy-lies-in-blockchain-technology |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | | 2013–2018 || || || Charity || Trend growth || According to Blackbaud, online charitable giving grows from 6.4% of all giving in 2013 to 8.5% in 2018.<ref name="The Fut">{{cite web |title=The Future of Philanthropy Lies in Blockchain Technology |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/the-future-of-philanthropy-lies-in-blockchain-technology |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2014 || February 19 || Bitcoin || Education || Donation || The {{w|University of Puget Sound}} in {{w|Tacoma, Washington}}, claims to be the first U.S. institution to receive a donation in Bitcoin, after graduate Nicolas Cary donates 14.5 BTC, or about US$10,000, to the university's alumni fund.<ref>{{cite web |title=The First Bitcoin Donation? {{!}} Inside Higher Ed |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/02/19/first-bitcoin-donation |website=www.insidehighered.com |access-date=16 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| 2014 || April 22 || Bitcoin || Sanitation || Donation (pledge) || In an effort to provide clean water and proper sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Bitpay, the leading service provide system for Bitcoin, announces their pledge to match 1BTC in donations for BitGive Foundation’s campaign for the Water Project, a charity that provides access to clean, safe and reliable water and sanitation solutions across the region.<ref>{{cite web |title=BitPay Announces 1BTC Match to BitGive’s Donations to “The Water Project” Mission |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitpay_announces_1btc_match_to_bitgive_s_donations_to_the_water_project_mission |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=2 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | | 2014 || April 22 || Bitcoin || Sanitation || Donation (pledge) || In an effort to provide clean water and proper sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Bitpay, the leading service provide system for Bitcoin, announces their pledge to match 1BTC in donations for BitGive Foundation’s campaign for the Water Project, a charity that provides access to clean, safe and reliable water and sanitation solutions across the region.<ref>{{cite web |title=BitPay Announces 1BTC Match to BitGive’s Donations to “The Water Project” Mission |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitpay_announces_1btc_match_to_bitgive_s_donations_to_the_water_project_mission |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=2 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| 2016 || May 18 || Bitcoin || Fighting terrorism || Donation || A hacker donates 25 stolen Bitcoin (US$11,000 at the time) to a Kurdish region of Syria that borders territory held by the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has received an $11,000 donation in allegedly stolen bitcoin from a vigilante hacker. The BTC are transferred to a crowdfunding campaign set up by members of the {{w|Rojava}} region's economic committee, with the purpose to help fight {{w|ISIS}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cuthbertson |first1=Anthony |title=Robin Hood hacker donates $11,000 of stolen Bitcoin to help fight ISIS |url=https://www.newsweek.com/robin-hood-hacker-donates-stolen-bitcoin-help-fight-isis-461245 |website=Newsweek |access-date=5 January 2022 |language=en |date=18 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hacker Donates Stolen Bitcoins To Fight ISIS |url=https://www.pymnts.com/news/bitcoin-tracker/2016/bitcoin-robin-hood-hacker-isis/ |website=www.pymnts.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |date=20 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hacker Donates $11k of Stolen Bitcoin to Kurdish Fighters Battling ISIS |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/hacker-donates-11k-of-stolen-bitcoin-to-kurdish-fighters-battling-isis |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=15 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> | | 2016 || May 18 || Bitcoin || Fighting terrorism || Donation || A hacker donates 25 stolen Bitcoin (US$11,000 at the time) to a Kurdish region of Syria that borders territory held by the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has received an $11,000 donation in allegedly stolen bitcoin from a vigilante hacker. The BTC are transferred to a crowdfunding campaign set up by members of the {{w|Rojava}} region's economic committee, with the purpose to help fight {{w|ISIS}}.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cuthbertson |first1=Anthony |title=Robin Hood hacker donates $11,000 of stolen Bitcoin to help fight ISIS |url=https://www.newsweek.com/robin-hood-hacker-donates-stolen-bitcoin-help-fight-isis-461245 |website=Newsweek |access-date=5 January 2022 |language=en |date=18 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hacker Donates Stolen Bitcoins To Fight ISIS |url=https://www.pymnts.com/news/bitcoin-tracker/2016/bitcoin-robin-hood-hacker-isis/ |website=www.pymnts.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |date=20 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Hacker Donates $11k of Stolen Bitcoin to Kurdish Fighters Battling ISIS |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/hacker-donates-11k-of-stolen-bitcoin-to-kurdish-fighters-battling-isis |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=15 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2016 || December 8 || || || Tool launch || | + | | 2016 || December 8 || || || Tool launch || Nonprofit organization BitGive launches GiveTrack, a blockchain-based multidimensional donation platform that provides the ability to transfer, track and provides a permanent record of the end-to-end route of global transactions.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shin |first1=Laura |title=Want To Follow Your Donation In Real Time? Bitcoin Non-Profit BitGive Launches Donation Tracker |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2016/12/08/want-to-follow-your-donation-in-real-time-bitcoin-non-profit-bitgive-launches-donation-tracker/?sh=3c2e2b77774a |website=Forbes |access-date=5 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Rebecca |title=BitGive Launches GiveTrack, a Real-Time Donation Tracking System |url=https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitgive-launches-givetrack-a-real-time-donation-tracking-system-1482179875 |website=Bitcoin Magazine: Bitcoin News, Articles, Charts, and Guides |access-date=6 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bitcoin Nonprofit BitGive Launches Donation Tracking Platform {{!}} Finance Magnates |url=https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/innovation/bitcoin-nonprofit-bitgive-launches-donation-tracking-platform/ |website=Financial and Business News {{!}} Finance Magnates |access-date=6 January 2022 |language=en |date=9 December 2016}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2017 || May 30 || Ethereum || Research ({{w|artificial intelligence}}) || Donation || {{w|Machine Intelligence Research Institute}} receives a US$1.01 million anonymous donation from an Ethereum cryptocurrency investor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our all-time largest donation, and major crypto support from Vitalik Buterin |url=https://intelligence.org/2021/05/13/two-major-donations/ |website=Machine Intelligence Research Institute |access-date=14 December 2021 |date=14 May 2021}}</ref> | + | | 2017 || May 30 || Ethereum || Research ({{w|artificial intelligence}}) || Donation || {{w|Machine Intelligence Research Institute}} receives a US$1.01 million anonymous donation from an Ethereum cryptocurrency investor.<ref name="vxxz">{{cite web |title=Our all-time largest donation, and major crypto support from Vitalik Buterin |url=https://intelligence.org/2021/05/13/two-major-donations/ |website=Machine Intelligence Research Institute |access-date=14 December 2021 |date=14 May 2021}}</ref> |
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| 2017 || December || Bitcoin || Education || Donation || Global cryptocurrency trading platform Paxful inaugurates its first school built with Bitcoin, under the initiative #builtwithbitcoin, in {{w|Bugesera District}}, {{w|Rwanda}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=School Funded with Bitcoin is Now Up & Running {{!}} Paxful Blog |url=https://paxful.com/blog/first-school-built-bitcoin-ready/ |website=Paxful Blog {{!}} Crypto Guides & Product Updates |access-date=2 December 2021 |language=en |date=7 December 2017}}</ref> | | 2017 || December || Bitcoin || Education || Donation || Global cryptocurrency trading platform Paxful inaugurates its first school built with Bitcoin, under the initiative #builtwithbitcoin, in {{w|Bugesera District}}, {{w|Rwanda}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=School Funded with Bitcoin is Now Up & Running {{!}} Paxful Blog |url=https://paxful.com/blog/first-school-built-bitcoin-ready/ |website=Paxful Blog {{!}} Crypto Guides & Product Updates |access-date=2 December 2021 |language=en |date=7 December 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2017 || December || {{w|Bitcoin}} || Health ({{w|cancer}}) || Donation || Tech investors Halle Tecco and Jeff Hammerbacher donate their entire portfolio to a South Carolina cancer hospital.<ref>{{cite web |title=Couple Who Invested in Bitcoin at $800 Donate Everything to Cancer Hospital |url=https://fortune.com/2017/12/14/this-couple-invested-in-bitcoin-at-800-now-its-17000-and-theyre-donating-everything-to-a-cancer-hospital/ |website=Fortune |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Farr |first1=Christina |title=This power couple bought bitcoin in 2013, and just donated all their gains to a cancer hospital |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/12/halle-tecco-jeff-hammerbacher-donate-bitcoin-gains-to-charity.html |website=CNBC |access-date=28 December 2021 |language=en |date=13 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Couple Donate Bitcoin Profits To Cancer Research - Bitcoinist.com |url=https://bitcoinist.com/philanthropist-couple-donate-bitcoin-profits-cancer-research/ |website=bitcoinist.com |access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref> | + | | 2017 || December || {{w|Bitcoin}} || Health ({{w|cancer treatment}}) || Donation || Tech investors Halle Tecco and Jeff Hammerbacher donate their entire portfolio to a South Carolina cancer hospital.<ref>{{cite web |title=Couple Who Invested in Bitcoin at $800 Donate Everything to Cancer Hospital |url=https://fortune.com/2017/12/14/this-couple-invested-in-bitcoin-at-800-now-its-17000-and-theyre-donating-everything-to-a-cancer-hospital/ |website=Fortune |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Farr |first1=Christina |title=This power couple bought bitcoin in 2013, and just donated all their gains to a cancer hospital |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/12/halle-tecco-jeff-hammerbacher-donate-bitcoin-gains-to-charity.html |website=CNBC |access-date=28 December 2021 |language=en |date=13 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Couple Donate Bitcoin Profits To Cancer Research - Bitcoinist.com |url=https://bitcoinist.com/philanthropist-couple-donate-bitcoin-profits-cancer-research/ |website=bitcoinist.com |access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref> |
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| 2017 || December || Bitcoin || Charity, basic income || Donation || The Pineapple Fund is created as “an experiment in philanthropy with cryptocurrency.” The creator, an anonymous person named “Pine”, donates US$55 million worth of Bitcoin to 60 different charitable organizations focused on everything from the environment and mental health to social justice and homelessness.<ref>{{cite web |title=More impact, more privacy: the benefits of donating (and accepting) crypto |url=https://blog.coinbase.com/more-impact-more-privacy-the-benefits-of-donating-and-accepting-crypto-37869ba3cb88 |website=Medium |access-date=1 December 2021 |language=en |date=3 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bitcoin-Only Charity Fund Donates $1 Mln To Internet Archive |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-only-charity-fund-donates-1-mln-to-internet-archive |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The charity commits US$5 million worth of Bitcoin to GiveDirectly, which at the time runs the largest basic income experiment across dozens of villages in rural Kenya.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weller |first1=Chris |title=The world's largest basic income experiment just received a $5 million donation in bitcoin |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/basic-income-experiment-bitcoin-donation-2017-12 |website=Business Insider |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref> | | 2017 || December || Bitcoin || Charity, basic income || Donation || The Pineapple Fund is created as “an experiment in philanthropy with cryptocurrency.” The creator, an anonymous person named “Pine”, donates US$55 million worth of Bitcoin to 60 different charitable organizations focused on everything from the environment and mental health to social justice and homelessness.<ref>{{cite web |title=More impact, more privacy: the benefits of donating (and accepting) crypto |url=https://blog.coinbase.com/more-impact-more-privacy-the-benefits-of-donating-and-accepting-crypto-37869ba3cb88 |website=Medium |access-date=1 December 2021 |language=en |date=3 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bitcoin-Only Charity Fund Donates $1 Mln To Internet Archive |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-only-charity-fund-donates-1-mln-to-internet-archive |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The charity commits US$5 million worth of Bitcoin to GiveDirectly, which at the time runs the largest basic income experiment across dozens of villages in rural Kenya.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weller |first1=Chris |title=The world's largest basic income experiment just received a $5 million donation in bitcoin |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/basic-income-experiment-bitcoin-donation-2017-12 |website=Business Insider |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| 2017 || December || Bitcoin || Sport || Campaign launch || The USA Luge Foundation launches a Bitcoin fundraising campaign, allowing holders the possibility to donate through the campaign page. It is the first US Olympic team to set up an account within their endowment to buy and hold Bitcoin.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kooser |first1=Amanda |title=US Olympics luge team embraces bitcoin donations |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/winter-olympics-usa-luge-team-takes-bitcoin-donations/ |website=CNET |access-date=29 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=USA Luge |title=USA Luge Team Running on Bitcoin |url=https://medium.com/@usalugefoundation/usa-luge-team-running-on-bitcoin-80a8b1d8bddb |website=Medium |access-date=29 December 2021 |language=en |date=21 December 2017}}</ref> | | 2017 || December || Bitcoin || Sport || Campaign launch || The USA Luge Foundation launches a Bitcoin fundraising campaign, allowing holders the possibility to donate through the campaign page. It is the first US Olympic team to set up an account within their endowment to buy and hold Bitcoin.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kooser |first1=Amanda |title=US Olympics luge team embraces bitcoin donations |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/winter-olympics-usa-luge-team-takes-bitcoin-donations/ |website=CNET |access-date=29 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=USA Luge |title=USA Luge Team Running on Bitcoin |url=https://medium.com/@usalugefoundation/usa-luge-team-running-on-bitcoin-80a8b1d8bddb |website=Medium |access-date=29 December 2021 |language=en |date=21 December 2017}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2017 || End of year || || Charity || Funding || The {{w|Silicon Valley Community Foundation}}, the largest community foundation in the United States, is estimated to hold US$4.5 billion — nearly a third of its investment portfolio — in cryptocurrencies. SVCF is a [[w:donor-advised fund|donor-advised]] {{w|community foundation}} serving the {{w|Silicon Valley}} region.<ref>{{cite web |title=Silicon Valley Community Foundation Held Billions in Digital Assets |url=https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/silicon-valley-community-foundation-held-billions-in-digital-assets?_ga=2.80337554.401394069.1642428335-607560891.1642428333 |website=philanthropynewsdigest.org |access-date=17 January 2022}}</ref> | ||
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| 2018 || January 12 || Bitcoin || Health ({{w|post-traumatic stress disorder}} treatment) || Donation || An anonymous person donates US$4 towards research into {{w|MDMA}} treating {{w|post-traumatic stress disorder}} (PTSD). The research is undertaken by the {{w|Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies}} (MAPS).<ref>{{cite web |title=An Anonymous Bitcoin Millionaire is Donating Millions for MDMA/PTSD Research |url=https://www.magneticmag.com/2018/01/an-anonymous-bitcoin-millionaire-is-donating-millions-for-mdma-ptsd-research/ |website=Magnetic Magazine |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=en-us}}</ref> | | 2018 || January 12 || Bitcoin || Health ({{w|post-traumatic stress disorder}} treatment) || Donation || An anonymous person donates US$4 towards research into {{w|MDMA}} treating {{w|post-traumatic stress disorder}} (PTSD). The research is undertaken by the {{w|Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies}} (MAPS).<ref>{{cite web |title=An Anonymous Bitcoin Millionaire is Donating Millions for MDMA/PTSD Research |url=https://www.magneticmag.com/2018/01/an-anonymous-bitcoin-millionaire-is-donating-millions-for-mdma-ptsd-research/ |website=Magnetic Magazine |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=en-us}}</ref> | ||
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| 2018 || January 23 || Bitcoin, Bitcoin cash, Ethereum, Ripple, Stellar lumen || Religion || Adoption || An evangelical in {{w|Zürich}}, begins accepting voluntary offerings from its parishioners in {{w|Bitcoin}}, {{w|Bitcoin cash}}, {{w|Ethereum}}, {{w|Ripple}}, and {{w|Stellar lumen}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Church in Zürich Accepts Donations in Bitcoin, BCH, Ether, Ripple and Stellar – Economics Bitcoin News |url=https://news.bitcoin.com/church-zurich-accepts-donations-bitcoin-bch-ether-ripple-stellar/ |website=Bitcoin News |access-date=16 December 2021 |date=23 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Zürich Church Accepts Cryptocurrency Donations - CoinWire |url=https://www.coinwire.com/zurich-church-accepts-cryptocurrency-donations |website=www.coinwire.com |access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Church in Zürich Accepts Donations in Bitcoin, BCH, Ether, Ripple and Stellar. – InfoCoin |url=http://infocoin.net/en/2018/01/23/church-in-zurich-accepts-donations-in-bitcoin-bch-ether-ripple-and-stellar/ |website=infocoin.net |access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref> | | 2018 || January 23 || Bitcoin, Bitcoin cash, Ethereum, Ripple, Stellar lumen || Religion || Adoption || An evangelical in {{w|Zürich}}, begins accepting voluntary offerings from its parishioners in {{w|Bitcoin}}, {{w|Bitcoin cash}}, {{w|Ethereum}}, {{w|Ripple}}, and {{w|Stellar lumen}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Church in Zürich Accepts Donations in Bitcoin, BCH, Ether, Ripple and Stellar – Economics Bitcoin News |url=https://news.bitcoin.com/church-zurich-accepts-donations-bitcoin-bch-ether-ripple-stellar/ |website=Bitcoin News |access-date=16 December 2021 |date=23 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Zürich Church Accepts Cryptocurrency Donations - CoinWire |url=https://www.coinwire.com/zurich-church-accepts-cryptocurrency-donations |website=www.coinwire.com |access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Church in Zürich Accepts Donations in Bitcoin, BCH, Ether, Ripple and Stellar. – InfoCoin |url=http://infocoin.net/en/2018/01/23/church-in-zurich-accepts-donations-in-bitcoin-bch-ether-ripple-and-stellar/ |website=infocoin.net |access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2018 || January || Ethereum || Research (artificial intelligence) || Donation || Estonian computer programmer and {{w|Skype}} co-founder {{w|Jaan Tallinn}} donates 350 ETH (about US$434,000) to London-based company [[w:Faculty (company)|Faculty]], which develops machine learning systems for companies and governments.<ref name="sfgh">{{cite web |title=El fundador de Skype por fin reconoce que parte de su fortuna está en criptos |url=https://noticierobitcoin.net/noticia/fundador-skype-reconoce-que-parte-fortuna-esta-en-criptomonedas/ |website=NoticieroBitcoin |access-date=17 January 2022 |language=es}}</ref><ref name="sifted.eu">{{cite web |title=Skype cofounder gifts cryptocurrency to AI startup Faculty {{!}} Sifted |url=https://sifted.eu/articles/skype-cryptocurrency-faculty/ |website=sifted.eu |access-date=17 January 2022}}</ref> | ||
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| 2018 || February 2 || Ethereum || Longevity || Donation || Antiaging nonprofit SENS Research Foundation Receives a US$2.4 Million Ethereum Donation from {{w|Ethereum}} creator {{w|Vitalik Buterin}}. SENS works to research, develop, and promote comprehensive regenerative medicine solutions for the diseases of aging.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=SENS Research |title=SENS Research Foundation Receives $2.4 Million Ethereum Donation From Vitalik Buterin |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/02/02/1332410/0/en/SENS-Research-Foundation-Receives-2-4-Million-Ethereum-Donation-From-Vitalik-Buterin.html |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |access-date=16 December 2021 |language=en |date=2 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vitalik Buterin Donates $2.4 Million In Ether To Anti-Aging Research |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/vitalik-buterin-donates-24-million-in-ether-to-anti-aging-research |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=29 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Malik |first1=David |title=Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin donated $2.4 million in Ether to SENS research foundation |url=https://smartereum.com/2907/ethereum-co-founder-vitalik-buterin-donated-2-4-million-in-ether-to-sens-research-foundation/ |website=Smartereum |access-date=29 December 2021 |date=7 February 2018}}</ref> | | 2018 || February 2 || Ethereum || Longevity || Donation || Antiaging nonprofit SENS Research Foundation Receives a US$2.4 Million Ethereum Donation from {{w|Ethereum}} creator {{w|Vitalik Buterin}}. SENS works to research, develop, and promote comprehensive regenerative medicine solutions for the diseases of aging.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Foundation |first1=SENS Research |title=SENS Research Foundation Receives $2.4 Million Ethereum Donation From Vitalik Buterin |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/02/02/1332410/0/en/SENS-Research-Foundation-Receives-2-4-Million-Ethereum-Donation-From-Vitalik-Buterin.html |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |access-date=16 December 2021 |language=en |date=2 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vitalik Buterin Donates $2.4 Million In Ether To Anti-Aging Research |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/vitalik-buterin-donates-24-million-in-ether-to-anti-aging-research |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=29 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Malik |first1=David |title=Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin donated $2.4 million in Ether to SENS research foundation |url=https://smartereum.com/2907/ethereum-co-founder-vitalik-buterin-donated-2-4-million-in-ether-to-sens-research-foundation/ |website=Smartereum |access-date=29 December 2021 |date=7 February 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| 2018 || June 4 || {{w|Ripple}} || || Donation || Ripple unveils its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), consisting of a US$50 million donation to 17 universities globally to support education in blockchain and crypto.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ripple Donates $50 Mln to Universities to Support Blockchain, Crypto Education |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/ripple-donates-50-mln-to-universities-to-support-blockchain-crypto-education |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | | 2018 || June 4 || {{w|Ripple}} || || Donation || Ripple unveils its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), consisting of a US$50 million donation to 17 universities globally to support education in blockchain and crypto.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ripple Donates $50 Mln to Universities to Support Blockchain, Crypto Education |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/ripple-donates-50-mln-to-universities-to-support-blockchain-crypto-education |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2018 || June 27 || || Charity || | + | | 2018 || June 27 || || Charity || Platform launch || {{w|Coinbase}} CEO {{w|Brian Armstrong}} launches charity fund GiveCrypto.org, which aims to raise US$1 billion over the next two years. According to Armstrong, the fund was inspired by the {{w|Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation}} and acts of charity from the crypto community.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bitcoin for the Poor: Coinbase CEO Launches GiveCryto, Aims to Raise $1 Billion |url=https://fortune.com/2018/06/27/coinbase-bitcoin-givecrypto/ |website=Fortune |access-date=16 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |title=Coinbase CEO unveils crypto charity fund targeted at $1 billion |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/28/coinbase-ceo-unveils-crypto-charity-fund/ |website=TechCrunch |access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref> |
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| 2018 || June 28 || {{w|Ethereum}} || Charity || Program launch || Basketball team {{w|Sacramento Kings}} announce charitable program MiningForGood, which through a partnership with MiningStore.com, would allow the team to install cryptocurrency mining machines in the only Tier 4 data center in a professional sports arena. Cryptocurrency mining is aimed to support charitable causes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sacramento Kings will mine cryptocurrency to support good causes |url=https://www.engadget.com/2018-06-27-sacramento-kings-to-mine-cryptocurrency.html |website=Engadget |access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sacramento Kings to Mine Cryptocurrency for Charity |url=https://www.sporttechie.com/sacramento-kings-mine-cryptocurrency-ethereum-charity/ |website=www.sporttechie.com |access-date=6 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sacramento Kings to Mine Ethereum for Charity - CoinWire |url=https://www.coinwire.com/sacramento-kings-to-mine-ethereum-for-charity |website=www.coinwire.com |access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref> | | 2018 || June 28 || {{w|Ethereum}} || Charity || Program launch || Basketball team {{w|Sacramento Kings}} announce charitable program MiningForGood, which through a partnership with MiningStore.com, would allow the team to install cryptocurrency mining machines in the only Tier 4 data center in a professional sports arena. Cryptocurrency mining is aimed to support charitable causes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sacramento Kings will mine cryptocurrency to support good causes |url=https://www.engadget.com/2018-06-27-sacramento-kings-to-mine-cryptocurrency.html |website=Engadget |access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sacramento Kings to Mine Cryptocurrency for Charity |url=https://www.sporttechie.com/sacramento-kings-mine-cryptocurrency-ethereum-charity/ |website=www.sporttechie.com |access-date=6 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sacramento Kings to Mine Ethereum for Charity - CoinWire |url=https://www.coinwire.com/sacramento-kings-to-mine-ethereum-for-charity |website=www.coinwire.com |access-date=6 January 2022}}</ref> | ||
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| 2018 || December 23 || || Charity || Donation (pledge) || Cryptocurrency exchange {{w|Binance}} and blockchain oriented operating system Tron jointly commit to donate US$100,000 in crypto to charity.<ref>{{cite web |title=Binance and Tron Committed to Donate $100,000 in Crypto to the Charity – Justin Sun |url=https://coingape.com/binance-tron-donate-charity/ |website=CoinGape |access-date=16 December 2021 |date=23 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tron and Binance Donate $200,000 in Crypto to Charity in Malta {{!}} BTCMANAGER |url=https://btcmanager.com/tron-binance-donate-200000-crypto-charity-malta/ |website=https://btcmanager.com/ |access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> | | 2018 || December 23 || || Charity || Donation (pledge) || Cryptocurrency exchange {{w|Binance}} and blockchain oriented operating system Tron jointly commit to donate US$100,000 in crypto to charity.<ref>{{cite web |title=Binance and Tron Committed to Donate $100,000 in Crypto to the Charity – Justin Sun |url=https://coingape.com/binance-tron-donate-charity/ |website=CoinGape |access-date=16 December 2021 |date=23 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tron and Binance Donate $200,000 in Crypto to Charity in Malta {{!}} BTCMANAGER |url=https://btcmanager.com/tron-binance-donate-200000-crypto-charity-malta/ |website=https://btcmanager.com/ |access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | | + | | 2018 || || || Charity (child welfare) || Program launch || {{w|UNICEF}} launches an initiative called The Hopepage, asking people to give a percentage of their computer’s processing power in order to mine new Cryptocurrency coins. Funds raised through this would go to UNICEF Australia.<ref name="www.philanthro">{{cite web |title=Exploring the potential for cryptocurrency in philanthropy {{!}} Philanthropy Impact |url=https://www.philanthropy-impact.org/report/exploring-potential-cryptocurrency-philanthropy |website=www.philanthropy-impact.org |access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref> |
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| + | | 2018 || || || || Organization || The Giving Block is established to encourage crypto users to make donations. It provides "an ecosystem for nonprofits and charities to fundraise Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, be found by crypto donors, receive funds instantly, and become part of a network of crypto media partners to support their missions".<ref>{{cite web |title=Donate Cryptocurrency to The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation - Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation |url=https://www.pedaids.org/crypto/ |website=Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref> | ||
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| 2019 || January 30 || {{w|Bitcoin Cash}} || Education || Adoption || The Wikimedia Foundation starts accepting {{w|Bitcoin Cash}} donations via Bitpay.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wikipedia Now Accepts Bitcoin Cash Donations via Bitpay – Services Bitcoin News |url=https://news.bitcoin.com/wikipedia-now-accepts-bitcoin-cash-donations-via-bitpay/ |website=Bitcoin News |access-date=17 December 2021 |date=30 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wikipedia Starts Accepting Bitcoin Cash Donations via BitPay - CoinWire |url=https://www.coinwire.com/wikipedia-starts-accepting-bitcoin-cash-donations-via-bitpay |website=www.coinwire.com |access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wikipedia Now Accepts Bitcoin Cash Donations via Bitpay – Coin-Go-Coin |url=https://coingocoin.com/wikipedia-now-accepts-bitcoin-cash-donations-via-bitpay/ |website=coingocoin.com |access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref> | | 2019 || January 30 || {{w|Bitcoin Cash}} || Education || Adoption || The Wikimedia Foundation starts accepting {{w|Bitcoin Cash}} donations via Bitpay.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wikipedia Now Accepts Bitcoin Cash Donations via Bitpay – Services Bitcoin News |url=https://news.bitcoin.com/wikipedia-now-accepts-bitcoin-cash-donations-via-bitpay/ |website=Bitcoin News |access-date=17 December 2021 |date=30 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wikipedia Starts Accepting Bitcoin Cash Donations via BitPay - CoinWire |url=https://www.coinwire.com/wikipedia-starts-accepting-bitcoin-cash-donations-via-bitpay |website=www.coinwire.com |access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Wikipedia Now Accepts Bitcoin Cash Donations via Bitpay – Coin-Go-Coin |url=https://coingocoin.com/wikipedia-now-accepts-bitcoin-cash-donations-via-bitpay/ |website=coingocoin.com |access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref> | ||
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| 2019 || June || {{w|Bitcoin}} || || Adoption || Charitable organizations that accept bitcoin donations through BitPay cumulate US$37 million in cryptocurrency-denominated donations since 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Duman |first1=Ipek |title=BitPay Has Processed $37 Million of Bitcoin Donations Since 2017 |url=https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bitpay-has-processed-37-million-of-bitcoin-donations-since-2017 |website=Bitcoin Magazine: Bitcoin News, Articles, Charts, and Guides |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | | 2019 || June || {{w|Bitcoin}} || || Adoption || Charitable organizations that accept bitcoin donations through BitPay cumulate US$37 million in cryptocurrency-denominated donations since 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Duman |first1=Ipek |title=BitPay Has Processed $37 Million of Bitcoin Donations Since 2017 |url=https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/bitpay-has-processed-37-million-of-bitcoin-donations-since-2017 |website=Bitcoin Magazine: Bitcoin News, Articles, Charts, and Guides |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2019 || July 2 || || || Publication || Elisa Shoenberger at <code>dailydot.com</code> writes an article titled | + | | 2019 || July 2 || || || Publication || Elisa Shoenberger at <code>dailydot.com</code> writes an article titled ''How cryptocurrency has become a force in philanthropy'', which highlights how cryptocurrencies have become increasingly adopted in the philanthropic sector in the last few years to date.<ref name="sfwfrw">{{cite web |title=How cryptocurrency has become a force in philanthropy |url=https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/cryptocurrency-philanthropy-charity-bitcoin/ |website=The Daily Dot |access-date=17 December 2021 |date=2 July 2019}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2019 || July 24 || Bitcoin || Customer satisfaction || Donation || Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx donates US$4.5 million-worth of Bitcoin to its perpetual swap market insurance fund with the purpose to foster customers' confidence in trading cryptocurrencies. The donation is aimed to provide an extra layer of protection to the customers.<ref>{{cite web |title=OKEx Donates $4.5 Million to Foster Perpetual Swap Market |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news- release/2019/07/25/1887670/0/en/OKEx-Donates-4-5-Million-to-Foster-Perpetual-Swap-Market.html |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en |date=25 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=OKEx Donates $4.5 Million to Foster Perpetual Swap Market |url=https://medium.com/okex-blog/okex-donates-4-5-million-to-foster-perpetual-swap-market-7c01176f126f |website=OKEx Blog |access-date=28 December 2021 |language=en |date=25 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=OKEx Donates $4.5M to Foster Perpetual Swap Market |url=https://ihodl.com/topnews/2019-07-25/okex-donates-45m-foster-perpetual-swap-market/ |website=ihodl.com is an illustrated edition about cryptocurrencies and financial markets. |access-date=28 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | + | | 2019 || July 24 || Bitcoin || Customer satisfaction || Donation || Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx donates US$4.5 million-worth of Bitcoin to its perpetual swap market insurance fund with the purpose to foster customers' confidence in trading cryptocurrencies. The donation is aimed to provide an extra layer of protection to the customers.<ref>{{cite web |title=OKEx Donates $4.5 Million to Foster Perpetual Swap Market |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2019/07/25/1887670/0/en/OKEx-Donates-4-5-Million-to-Foster-Perpetual-Swap-Market.html |website=GlobeNewswire News Room |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en |date=25 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=OKEx Donates $4.5 Million to Foster Perpetual Swap Market |url=https://medium.com/okex-blog/okex-donates-4-5-million-to-foster-perpetual-swap-market-7c01176f126f |website=OKEx Blog |access-date=28 December 2021 |language=en |date=25 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=OKEx Donates $4.5M to Foster Perpetual Swap Market |url=https://ihodl.com/topnews/2019-07-25/okex-donates-45m-foster-perpetual-swap-market/ |website=ihodl.com is an illustrated edition about cryptocurrencies and financial markets. |access-date=28 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2019 || August 9 || || || || | + | | 2019 || August 9 || || Charity || Platform launch || South Korean conglomerate {{w|SK Group}} creates a blockchain-based donation platform, and proposes two new tokens that would focus on the problem of tracking charitable donations.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Meyer |first1=Richard |title=South Korea's SK Group Proposes Blockchain-Based Donation Platform and Two Tokens |url=https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2019/08/09/south-koreas-sk-group-proposes-blockchain-based-donation-platform-and-two-tokens/ |website=www.coindesk.com |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en |date=9 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=South Korea’s SK Group Proposes Blockchain-Based Donation Platform and Two Tokens |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/south-korea-sk-group-proposes-190025557.html |website=finance.yahoo.com |access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SK Group Proposes Two Tokens and Blockchain-Based Platfrom - BitBoy Crypto |url=https://bitboycrypto.com/sk-group-proposes-two-tokens-and-blockchain-based-platfrom/ |website=bitboycrypto.com |access-date=15 January 2022 |date=10 August 2019}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2019 || August || {{w|Bitcoin}}, {{w|Ethereum}}, {{w|Litecoin}} || Emergency ({{w|natural disaster}}) || | + | | 2019 || August || {{w|Bitcoin}}, {{w|Ethereum}}, {{w|Litecoin}} || Emergency ({{w|natural disaster}}) || Platform launch || Crypto developers in {{w|Iran}} create IranRescueBit, a blockchain-enabled online platform for facilitating aid donations made in cryptocurrencies, to people who have suffered the [[w:2019 Iran floods|flooding affecting the country]]. This is in response to international politics interfering with humanitarian needs, including efforts to receive foreign financial aid for flood victims. Being developed by volunteers independently of the government, the platform accepts donations in Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Motamedi |first1=Maziar |title=Iran crypto developers launch platform for flood-victim aid |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2019/8/14/iran-crypto-developers-launch-platform-for-flood-victim-aid |website=www.aljazeera.com |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Iran Crypto Devs Launch Platform for Flood Victims in Light of US Sanctions |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/iran-crypto-devs-launch-platform-for-flood-victims-in-light-of-us-sanctions |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=30 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Iran Crypto Devs Launch Platform for Flood Victims in Light of US Sanctions By Cointelegraph |url=https://www.investing.com/news/cryptocurrency-news/iran-crypto-devs-launch-platform-for-flood-victims-in-light-of-us-sanctions-1955506 |website=Investing.com |access-date=30 December 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref> |
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| 2019 || August 19 || || {{w|Charity}} || Donation || Fidelity's charity arm, Fidelity Charitable, cumulates US$100 million in crypto donations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fidelity's Charity Arm Has Received Over $100 Million in Crypto Donations |url=https://www.coindesk.com/fidelitys-charity-arm-has-received-more-than-100-million-in-crypto-since-2015 |website=CoinDesk |access-date=14 February 2021 |language=en |date=19 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fidelity Charitable Received Over $100M in Crypto Donations Since 2015 |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/fidelity-charitable-received-over-100m-in-crypto-donations-since-2015 |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=2 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Aki |first1=Jimmy |title=Fidelity Charitable Surpasses $100 Million in Cryptocurrency Donations |url=https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/fidelity-charitable-surpasses-100-million-in-cryptocurrency-donations |website=Bitcoin Magazine: Bitcoin News, Articles, Charts, and Guides |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | | 2019 || August 19 || || {{w|Charity}} || Donation || Fidelity's charity arm, Fidelity Charitable, cumulates US$100 million in crypto donations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fidelity's Charity Arm Has Received Over $100 Million in Crypto Donations |url=https://www.coindesk.com/fidelitys-charity-arm-has-received-more-than-100-million-in-crypto-since-2015 |website=CoinDesk |access-date=14 February 2021 |language=en |date=19 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fidelity Charitable Received Over $100M in Crypto Donations Since 2015 |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/fidelity-charitable-received-over-100m-in-crypto-donations-since-2015 |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=2 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Aki |first1=Jimmy |title=Fidelity Charitable Surpasses $100 Million in Cryptocurrency Donations |url=https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/fidelity-charitable-surpasses-100-million-in-cryptocurrency-donations |website=Bitcoin Magazine: Bitcoin News, Articles, Charts, and Guides |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2019 || September 11 || [[w:Tether (cryptocurrency)|Tether]], other || Emergency ({{w|natural disaster}}) || Adoption || {{w|Tether Limited}} announces US$1 million donation and sets up an address to collect donations in Tether (USDt) to help victims in the {{w|Bahamas}} during the {{w|Hurricane Dorian}}. Meanwhile, nonprofit Lend a Hand Bahamas sets up a Coinbase Commerce account to accept crypto donations for relief efforts easily.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tether donates $1 million to help victims in hurricane Dorian-ravaged Bahamas - Micky News |url=https://micky.com.au/tether-donates-1-million-to-help-victims-in-hurricane-dorian-ravaged-bahamas/ |website=Micky |access-date=14 February 2021 |date=11 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= | + | | 2019 || September 10 || Altcoins || || Recommendation || Bitcoin maximalist and co-host of the “Tales from the Crypt” podcast Matt Odell posts a tweet urging people to donate to {{w|The Tor Project}}, a Seattle-based 501(c)(3) research-education nonprofit organization. Odell adds, “donate shitcoins. stack sats.”<ref>{{cite web |title=https://twitter.com/odell/status/1171409575012179969 |url=https://twitter.com/ODELL/status/1171409575012179969 |website=Twitter |access-date=15 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Days later, fintech journalist Osato Avan-Nomayo publishes an article at <code>cointelegraph.com</code> announcing that Bitcoin owners are giving away altcoins to support The Tor Project. Avan-Nomayo states that Bitcoin owners say it is better to donate altcoins to charities and other nonprofit organizations while “stacking sats.”<ref>{{cite web |title=Bitcoin Owners Are Giving Away Altcoins to Support TOR Project |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-owners-are-giving-away-altcoins-to-support-tor-project |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| + | | 2019 || September 11 || [[w:Tether (cryptocurrency)|Tether]], other || Emergency ({{w|natural disaster}}) || Adoption || {{w|Tether Limited}} announces US$1 million donation and sets up an address to collect donations in Tether (USDt) to help victims in the {{w|Bahamas}} during the {{w|Hurricane Dorian}}. Meanwhile, nonprofit Lend a Hand Bahamas sets up a Coinbase Commerce account to accept crypto donations for relief efforts easily.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tether donates $1 million to help victims in hurricane Dorian-ravaged Bahamas - Micky News |url=https://micky.com.au/tether-donates-1-million-to-help-victims-in-hurricane-dorian-ravaged-bahamas/ |website=Micky |access-date=14 February 2021 |date=11 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tweet |url=https://twitter.com/Tether_to/status/1171334920855273472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1171334920855273472%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmicky.com.au%2Ftether-donates-1-million-to-help-victims-in-hurricane-dorian-ravaged-bahamas%2F |website=Twitter |access-date=30 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| 2019 || September || Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash || Environmentalism || Campaign launch || The Rain Forest Foundation announces a campaign to fight the Brazilian forest fires with the help of the crypto community. The organization accepts donations in Bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, and bitcoin cash.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Foxley |first1=William |title=Rainforest Charity Launches Crypto Appeal to Help Protect Amazon |url=https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2019/09/04/rainforest-charity-launches-crypto-appeal-to-help-protect-amazon/ |website=www.coindesk.com |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en |date=4 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=COINDESK: Rainforest Charity Launches Crypto Appeal with The Giving Block to Protect Burning Amazon |url=https://thegivingblock.com/updates/nonprofits/coindesk-rainforest-charity-launches-crypto-appeal-with-the-giving-block-to-protect-burning-amazon/ |website=The Giving Block |access-date=29 December 2021 |date=4 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rainforest Charity Launches Crypto Appeal to Help Protect Amazon |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rainforest-charity-launches-crypto-appeal-220023741.html |website=finance.yahoo.com |access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref> | | 2019 || September || Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash || Environmentalism || Campaign launch || The Rain Forest Foundation announces a campaign to fight the Brazilian forest fires with the help of the crypto community. The organization accepts donations in Bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, and bitcoin cash.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Foxley |first1=William |title=Rainforest Charity Launches Crypto Appeal to Help Protect Amazon |url=https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2019/09/04/rainforest-charity-launches-crypto-appeal-to-help-protect-amazon/ |website=www.coindesk.com |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en |date=4 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=COINDESK: Rainforest Charity Launches Crypto Appeal with The Giving Block to Protect Burning Amazon |url=https://thegivingblock.com/updates/nonprofits/coindesk-rainforest-charity-launches-crypto-appeal-with-the-giving-block-to-protect-burning-amazon/ |website=The Giving Block |access-date=29 December 2021 |date=4 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rainforest Charity Launches Crypto Appeal to Help Protect Amazon |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rainforest-charity-launches-crypto-appeal-220023741.html |website=finance.yahoo.com |access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| 2019 || October 8 || || Political campaign || Regulation || {{w|Japan}} legalizes cryptocurrency donations to politicians.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cuen |first1=Leigh |title=Andrew Yang Super PAC Will Accept Lightning-Powered Bitcoin Donations |url=https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2019/07/25/andrew-yang-super-pac-will-accept-lightning-powered-bitcoin-donations/ |website=www.coindesk.com |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en |date=25 July 2019}}</ref> | | 2019 || October 8 || || Political campaign || Regulation || {{w|Japan}} legalizes cryptocurrency donations to politicians.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cuen |first1=Leigh |title=Andrew Yang Super PAC Will Accept Lightning-Powered Bitcoin Donations |url=https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2019/07/25/andrew-yang-super-pac-will-accept-lightning-powered-bitcoin-donations/ |website=www.coindesk.com |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en |date=25 July 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| 2019 || November 5 || Bitcoin || Charity || Donation || Bill Pulte, son to billionaire {{w|William J. Pulte}}, announces on Twitter plans to give away Bitcoin to charity. In less than 12 hours following the announcement, his site Twitter Philanthropy would face a number of crashes as many flock to participate on the giveaway.<ref>{{cite web |title=Millionaire Bill Pulte Organises Another BTC Giveaway; Website Crashes With the Influx of Participants |url=https://coingape.com/philanthropist-millionaires-website-crashes-as-demand-for-bitcoin-btc-giveaways-spikes/ |website=CoinGape |access-date=17 December 2021 |date=6 November 2019}}</ref> | | 2019 || November 5 || Bitcoin || Charity || Donation || Bill Pulte, son to billionaire {{w|William J. Pulte}}, announces on Twitter plans to give away Bitcoin to charity. In less than 12 hours following the announcement, his site Twitter Philanthropy would face a number of crashes as many flock to participate on the giveaway.<ref>{{cite web |title=Millionaire Bill Pulte Organises Another BTC Giveaway; Website Crashes With the Influx of Participants |url=https://coingape.com/philanthropist-millionaires-website-crashes-as-demand-for-bitcoin-btc-giveaways-spikes/ |website=CoinGape |access-date=17 December 2021 |date=6 November 2019}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2019 || November 13 || Bitcoin || {{w|Digital privacy}} || Donation ( | + | | 2019 || November 13 || Bitcoin || {{w|Digital privacy}} || Donation (pledge) || The Unknown Fund, organized by a group of anonymous people, announces plan to invest and donate US$75 million in bitcoin (BTC) to those startups working directly or indirectly on enhancing privacy. The Unknown Fund says it would prefer startups working on four niches - personal data protection, tools for online anonymity, cryptocurrencies and blockchain.<ref>{{cite web |title=Anonymous fund plans to invest and donate $75M in bitcoin to startups working on enhancing privacy |url=https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/47127/anonymous-fund-plans-to-invest-and-donate-75m-in-bitcoin-to-startups-working-on-enhancing-privacy |website=The Block |access-date=2 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Unknown Fund is Going to Invest and Donate $100 Million for the Development of Ideas of Anonymity |url=https://www.unknown.fund/press-release/ |website=Unknown Fund |access-date=2 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=‘Unknown Fund’ to Donate $75M in Bitcoin to Crypto, Anonymity-Focused Startups |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/unknown-fund-to-donate-75m-in-bitcoin-to-crypto-anonymity-focused-startups |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2019 || December 3 || Bitcoin Cash || || Adoption || Britain-based {{w|NGO}} {{w|Save the Children}} announcers ability to accept multiple digital assets in through its website, including Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Zcash, Litecoin and Gemini dollar.<ref>{{cite web |title=Save the Children Adds More Cryptocurrency Capability in Time for #BitcoinTuesday |url=https://www.savethechildren.org/us/about-us/media-and-news/2019-press-releases/bitcoin-tuesday-2019#:~:text=Save%20the%20Children%20Adds%20More%20Cryptocurrency%20Capability%20in%20Time%20for%20%23BitcoinTuesday,-Media%20Contact%3A%20Media&text=FAIRFIELD%2C%20Conn.&text=Save%20the%20Children%20was%20the,Asia%20and%20devastated%20the%20Philippines. |website=Save the Children |access-date=29 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Save the Children Now Accepts Bitcoin Cash Donations – News Bitcoin News |url=https://news.bitcoin.com/save-the-children-now-accepts-bitcoin-cash-donations/ |website=Bitcoin News |access-date=14 February 2021 |date=3 December 2019}}</ref> | + | | 2019 || December 3 || {{w|Bitcoin}}, {{w|Bitcoin Cash}}, {{w|Ethereum}}, {{w|Zcash}}, {{w|Litecoin}} and {{w|Gemini dollar}} || || Adoption || Britain-based {{w|NGO}} {{w|Save the Children}} announcers ability to accept multiple digital assets in through its website, including Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Zcash, Litecoin and Gemini dollar.<ref>{{cite web |title=Save the Children Adds More Cryptocurrency Capability in Time for #BitcoinTuesday |url=https://www.savethechildren.org/us/about-us/media-and-news/2019-press-releases/bitcoin-tuesday-2019#:~:text=Save%20the%20Children%20Adds%20More%20Cryptocurrency%20Capability%20in%20Time%20for%20%23BitcoinTuesday,-Media%20Contact%3A%20Media&text=FAIRFIELD%2C%20Conn.&text=Save%20the%20Children%20was%20the,Asia%20and%20devastated%20the%20Philippines. |website=Save the Children |access-date=29 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Save the Children Now Accepts Bitcoin Cash Donations – News Bitcoin News |url=https://news.bitcoin.com/save-the-children-now-accepts-bitcoin-cash-donations/ |website=Bitcoin News |access-date=14 February 2021 |date=3 December 2019}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2019 || December || {{w|Bitcoin}} || Health ({{w|cancer}}) || Adoption || The {{w|American Cancer Society}} starts accepting Bitcoin donations through BitPay.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Foxley |first1=William |title=American Cancer Society Now Accepting Bitcoin Donations Through BitPay |url=https://www.coindesk.com/business/2019/12/24/american-cancer-society-now-accepting-bitcoin-donations-through-bitpay/ |website=www.coindesk.com |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en |date=24 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=American Cancer Society Now Accepting Bitcoin Donations Through BitPay |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/american-cancer-society-now-accepting-201506159.html |website=finance.yahoo.com |access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cryptocurrency Donations {{!}} Donate Cryptocurrency to Charity |url=https://www.cancer.org/involved/donate/more-ways-to-give/donate-cryptocurrency.html |website=www.cancer.org |access-date=28 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | + | | 2019 || December || {{w|Bitcoin}} || Health ({{w|cancer}} treatment) || Adoption || The {{w|American Cancer Society}} starts accepting Bitcoin donations through BitPay.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Foxley |first1=William |title=American Cancer Society Now Accepting Bitcoin Donations Through BitPay |url=https://www.coindesk.com/business/2019/12/24/american-cancer-society-now-accepting-bitcoin-donations-through-bitpay/ |website=www.coindesk.com |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en |date=24 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=American Cancer Society Now Accepting Bitcoin Donations Through BitPay |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/american-cancer-society-now-accepting-201506159.html |website=finance.yahoo.com |access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cryptocurrency Donations {{!}} Donate Cryptocurrency to Charity |url=https://www.cancer.org/involved/donate/more-ways-to-give/donate-cryptocurrency.html |website=www.cancer.org |access-date=28 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| − | | 2019 || December 18 || {{w|United States Dollar}} || {{w|Environmentalism}} || Donation (pledge) || [[w:Tron (cryptocurrency)|TRON]] founder and {{w|BitTorrent}} CEO {{w|Justin Sun}} pledges in a tweet to donate US$1 million to environment activist {{w|Greta Thunberg}} to help raise global awareness of the climate crisis.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cryptocurrency This Week: Bitcoin Halving, TRON’s Sun To Donate $ 1Mn To Greta Thungberg And More |url=https://inc42.com/buzz/cryptocurrency-this-week-bitcoin-halving-trons-sun-to-donate-1-mn-to-greta-thunberg-more/ |website=Inc42 Media |access-date=14 February 2021 |date=5 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Justin Sun Riles Community With $1 Million Donation to Greta Thunberg |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/justin-sun-riles-community-with-1-million-donation-to-greta-thunburg |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=https://twitter.com/justinsuntron/status/1207164618939854848 |url=https:// | + | | 2019 || December 18 || {{w|United States Dollar}} || {{w|Environmentalism}} || Donation (pledge) || [[w:Tron (cryptocurrency)|TRON]] founder and {{w|BitTorrent}} CEO {{w|Justin Sun}} pledges in a tweet to donate US$1 million to environment activist {{w|Greta Thunberg}} to help raise global awareness of the climate crisis.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cryptocurrency This Week: Bitcoin Halving, TRON’s Sun To Donate $ 1Mn To Greta Thungberg And More |url=https://inc42.com/buzz/cryptocurrency-this-week-bitcoin-halving-trons-sun-to-donate-1-mn-to-greta-thunberg-more/ |website=Inc42 Media |access-date=14 February 2021 |date=5 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Justin Sun Riles Community With $1 Million Donation to Greta Thunberg |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/justin-sun-riles-community-with-1-million-donation-to-greta-thunburg |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=17 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Twitter comment |url=https://twitter.com/justinsuntron/status/1207164618939854848 |website=Twitter |access-date=9 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| + | | 2020 || Early year || || Charity || Donation || {{w|Sam Bankman-Fried}}-founded exchange [[w:FTX (company)|FTX]], along with its affiliates and employees, start donating what would cumulate to tens of millions of dollars to charitable causes. Some among these people would pledge to donate the majority of what they make at the exchange. According to Bankman-Fried, "FTX was founded with the goal of having the largest possible positive impact on the world".<ref>{{cite web |title=The FTX Foundation for Charitable Giving :: FTX Research |url=https://blog.ftx.com/blog/ftx-foundation/ |website=blog.ftx.com |access-date=31 January 2022 |language=en |date=8 February 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| 2020 || January 4 || || Emergency relief ({{w|wildfire}}) || Campaign launch || Binance announces launch of a charity project aiming to help with Australia bushfire relief efforts. The company commits to donate US$1 million in its own BNB token to the Australia Bushfire Donations project as an initial boost. All funds raised would be used to help alleviate the impact of the crisis and facilitate the restoration afterwards.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bitcoin for Charity: BTC Donations are on for Australian Bush Fires |url=https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-donations-for-australian-wild-fires/ |website=Bitcoinist.com |access-date=14 February 2021 |date=4 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Binance Donates $1 Million in Crypto for Australian Bushfire Relief – News Bitcoin News |url=https://news.bitcoin.com/binance-donates-1-million-in-crypto-for-australian-bushfire-relief/ |website=Bitcoin News |access-date=1 December 2021 |date=8 January 2020}}</ref> | | 2020 || January 4 || || Emergency relief ({{w|wildfire}}) || Campaign launch || Binance announces launch of a charity project aiming to help with Australia bushfire relief efforts. The company commits to donate US$1 million in its own BNB token to the Australia Bushfire Donations project as an initial boost. All funds raised would be used to help alleviate the impact of the crisis and facilitate the restoration afterwards.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bitcoin for Charity: BTC Donations are on for Australian Bush Fires |url=https://bitcoinist.com/bitcoin-donations-for-australian-wild-fires/ |website=Bitcoinist.com |access-date=14 February 2021 |date=4 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Binance Donates $1 Million in Crypto for Australian Bushfire Relief – News Bitcoin News |url=https://news.bitcoin.com/binance-donates-1-million-in-crypto-for-australian-bushfire-relief/ |website=Bitcoin News |access-date=1 December 2021 |date=8 January 2020}}</ref> | ||
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| 2020 || March || || Emergency relief (COVID-19) || Campaign launch || Binance Charity announces a new fundraising project aimed at tackling the COVID-19 pandemic globally, through a project titled Crypto Against COVID, which aims to raise US$5 million in cryptocurrencies (BNB, BTC, BUSD and XRP) to be spent primarily on buying medical supplies for the countries worst affected by the virus at the time, such as {{w|Italy}}, {{w|Germany}}, {{w|Spain}}, {{w|South Korea}}, {{w|Iran}}, {{w|Turkey}}, {{w|United States}}, and the {{w|United Kingdom}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Binance Charity Initiates $5 Million Coronavirus Relief Campaign with Donation Matching Commitment |url=https://www.binance.com/en/blog/all/binance-charity-initiates-$5-million-coronavirus-relief-campaign-with-donation-matching-commitment-421499824684900478 |website=Binance Blog |access-date=1 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Frost |first1=Decrypt / Liam |title=Binance starts $5 million campaign to fight coronavirus |url=https://decrypt.co/23541/binance-starts-5-million-campaign-to-fight-coronavirus |website=Decrypt |access-date=15 January 2022 |date=25 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Crypto Against COVID – Binance Charity, with Operations in Africa, Initiates $5 Million Coronavirus Relief Campaign |url=https://bitcoinke.io/2020/03/crypto-against-covid/ |website=BitcoinKE |access-date=15 January 2022 |date=26 March 2020}}</ref> | | 2020 || March || || Emergency relief (COVID-19) || Campaign launch || Binance Charity announces a new fundraising project aimed at tackling the COVID-19 pandemic globally, through a project titled Crypto Against COVID, which aims to raise US$5 million in cryptocurrencies (BNB, BTC, BUSD and XRP) to be spent primarily on buying medical supplies for the countries worst affected by the virus at the time, such as {{w|Italy}}, {{w|Germany}}, {{w|Spain}}, {{w|South Korea}}, {{w|Iran}}, {{w|Turkey}}, {{w|United States}}, and the {{w|United Kingdom}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Binance Charity Initiates $5 Million Coronavirus Relief Campaign with Donation Matching Commitment |url=https://www.binance.com/en/blog/all/binance-charity-initiates-$5-million-coronavirus-relief-campaign-with-donation-matching-commitment-421499824684900478 |website=Binance Blog |access-date=1 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Frost |first1=Decrypt / Liam |title=Binance starts $5 million campaign to fight coronavirus |url=https://decrypt.co/23541/binance-starts-5-million-campaign-to-fight-coronavirus |website=Decrypt |access-date=15 January 2022 |date=25 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Crypto Against COVID – Binance Charity, with Operations in Africa, Initiates $5 Million Coronavirus Relief Campaign |url=https://bitcoinke.io/2020/03/crypto-against-covid/ |website=BitcoinKE |access-date=15 January 2022 |date=26 March 2020}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2020 || April 5 || Bitcoin || Emergency relief (health) || Donation || The Italian Red Cross builds an advanced medical pre-triage post for COVID-19 patients using donated Bitcoins generated through a crypto fundraiser. The post | + | | 2020 || April || Stellar Lumens || || Program launch || The Stellar Development Foundation launches a program to match public donations to a number of non–profits, given in Stellar Lumens (XLM) up to a maximum of 1.9 million XLM (roughly $79,300 at the time).<ref>{{cite web |title=tweet |url=https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1246101014480109570 |website=Twitter |access-date=2 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Stellar to Match XLM Donations to Six Non-Profits During April |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/stellar-to-match-xlm-donations-to-six-non-profits-during-april |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=2 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> |
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| + | | 2020 || April 5 || Bitcoin || Emergency relief (health) || Donation || The Italian Red Cross builds an advanced medical pre-triage post for COVID-19 patients using donated Bitcoins generated through a crypto fundraiser. The post is aimed at hosting regular blood donation events.<ref>{{cite web |title=Italian Red Cross Builds COVID-19 Medical Post With Donated Bitcoins |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/italian-red-cross-builds-covid-19-medical-post-with-donated-bitcoins |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=12 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Haig |first1=Samuel |title=Italian Red Cross Builds COVID-19 Medical Post With Donated Bitcoins |url=https://invesbrain.com/italian-red-cross-builds-covid-19-medical-post-with-donated-bitcoins/ |website=Invesbrain |access-date=29 December 2021 |date=8 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Italian Red Cross Builds COVID-19 Medical Post With Donated Bitcoins |url=https://www.sharecast.com/post/cryptocurrencies/italian-red-cross-builds-covid-19-medical-post-with-donated-bitcoins--7421296.html |website=BOLSAMANIA |access-date=29 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| 2020 || April || || || Security || The United States {{w|FBI}} releases report warning of 4 cryptocurrency fraud schemes tied to {{w|Covid-19”}}. Scammers ask users to accept a “donation” of funds into their own bank account and to deposit them into a crypto kiosk. The so-called “donation” is likely money stolen from others. The acceptance and transfer of the stolen money is considered illegal money mule activity and potentially unlicensed money transmission.<ref>{{cite web |title=FBI Warns of 4 Cryptocurrency Fraud Schemes tied to COVID-19 |url=https://www.kcbd.com/2020/04/20/fbi-warns-cryptocurrency-fraud-schemes-tied-covid-/ |website=https://www.kcbd.com |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref> | | 2020 || April || || || Security || The United States {{w|FBI}} releases report warning of 4 cryptocurrency fraud schemes tied to {{w|Covid-19”}}. Scammers ask users to accept a “donation” of funds into their own bank account and to deposit them into a crypto kiosk. The so-called “donation” is likely money stolen from others. The acceptance and transfer of the stolen money is considered illegal money mule activity and potentially unlicensed money transmission.<ref>{{cite web |title=FBI Warns of 4 Cryptocurrency Fraud Schemes tied to COVID-19 |url=https://www.kcbd.com/2020/04/20/fbi-warns-cryptocurrency-fraud-schemes-tied-covid-/ |website=https://www.kcbd.com |access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| 2020 || July 15 || || || Platform launch || Better Business Bureau — the charity giant behind Give.org — launches a privacy-focused donation platform built on the Ardor (ARDR) blockchain, with the purpose to facilitate donations to BBB-accredited charities while ensuring donor data is only shared when permitted.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charity Giant Behind Give.org Launches a Blockchain Donation Platform |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/charity-giant-behind-giveorg-launches-a-blockchain-donation-platform |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=12 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Charity Giant Behind Give.org Launches a Blockchain Donation Platform |url=https://blockchainmagazine.net/charity-giant-behind-give-org-launches-a-blockchain-donation-platform/ |website=Blockchain Magazine |access-date=14 January 2022 |date=16 July 2020}}</ref> | | 2020 || July 15 || || || Platform launch || Better Business Bureau — the charity giant behind Give.org — launches a privacy-focused donation platform built on the Ardor (ARDR) blockchain, with the purpose to facilitate donations to BBB-accredited charities while ensuring donor data is only shared when permitted.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charity Giant Behind Give.org Launches a Blockchain Donation Platform |url=https://cointelegraph.com/news/charity-giant-behind-giveorg-launches-a-blockchain-donation-platform |website=Cointelegraph |access-date=12 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Charity Giant Behind Give.org Launches a Blockchain Donation Platform |url=https://blockchainmagazine.net/charity-giant-behind-give-org-launches-a-blockchain-donation-platform/ |website=Blockchain Magazine |access-date=14 January 2022 |date=16 July 2020}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2020 || August 18 || || Emergency relief (explosion) || || Binance's charity arm donates US$20,000 to the victims of the [[w:2020 Beirut explosion|Beirut explosion]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Binance Charity Pledges $20K to Beirut Explosion Relief Efforts |url=https://www.coindesk.com/binance-charity-donation-beirut-explosion-relief |website=CoinDesk |access-date=12 February 2021 |language=en |date=18 August 2020}}</ref> | + | | 2020 || August 18 || || Emergency relief (explosion) || Donation || Binance's charity arm donates US$20,000 to the victims of the [[w:2020 Beirut explosion|Beirut explosion]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Binance Charity Pledges $20K to Beirut Explosion Relief Efforts |url=https://www.coindesk.com/binance-charity-donation-beirut-explosion-relief |website=CoinDesk |access-date=12 February 2021 |language=en |date=18 August 2020}}</ref> |
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| 2020 || December 15 || Bitcoin || {{w|Art restoration}} || Donation || Binance Charity donates 3.211 Bitcoin (worth about US$60,000 at the time) to Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris to contribute to the restoration of {{w|Notre-Dame Cathedral}}’s [[w:May (painting)|Mays paintings]], which were damaged in the [[w:Notre-Dame de Paris fire|15 April 2019 fire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Binance Donates $60,000 to Help Rebuild and Restore Notre-Dame |url=https://www.binance.com/en/blog/all/binance-donates-$60000-to-help-rebuild-and-restore-notredame-421499824684901374 |website=Binance Blog |access-date=2 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> | | 2020 || December 15 || Bitcoin || {{w|Art restoration}} || Donation || Binance Charity donates 3.211 Bitcoin (worth about US$60,000 at the time) to Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris to contribute to the restoration of {{w|Notre-Dame Cathedral}}’s [[w:May (painting)|Mays paintings]], which were damaged in the [[w:Notre-Dame de Paris fire|15 April 2019 fire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Binance Donates $60,000 to Help Rebuild and Restore Notre-Dame |url=https://www.binance.com/en/blog/all/binance-donates-$60000-to-help-rebuild-and-restore-notredame-421499824684901374 |website=Binance Blog |access-date=2 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| 2020 || December 18 || || Charity || Adoption || Protestant Christian church and charitable organization {{w|Salvation Army}} starts accepting cryptocurrency donations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Salvation Army starts accepting cryptocurrency donations |url=https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/salvation-army-starts-accepting-cryptocurrency-donations |website=KSBY |access-date=12 February 2021 |language=en |date=19 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Akhtar |first1=Tanzeel |title=Salvation Army Now Accepts Bitcoin, Ether Donations in US |url=https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2020/12/17/salvation-army-now-accepts-bitcoin-ether-donations-in-us/ |website=www.coindesk.com |access-date=14 January 2022 |language=en |date=17 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wille |first1=Matt |title=The Salvation Army is jumping on the Bitcoin bandwagon |url=https://www.inputmag.com/culture/the-salvation-army-is-jumping-on-the-bitcoin-bandwagon |website=Input |access-date=14 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> | | 2020 || December 18 || || Charity || Adoption || Protestant Christian church and charitable organization {{w|Salvation Army}} starts accepting cryptocurrency donations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Salvation Army starts accepting cryptocurrency donations |url=https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/salvation-army-starts-accepting-cryptocurrency-donations |website=KSBY |access-date=12 February 2021 |language=en |date=19 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Akhtar |first1=Tanzeel |title=Salvation Army Now Accepts Bitcoin, Ether Donations in US |url=https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2020/12/17/salvation-army-now-accepts-bitcoin-ether-donations-in-us/ |website=www.coindesk.com |access-date=14 January 2022 |language=en |date=17 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wille |first1=Matt |title=The Salvation Army is jumping on the Bitcoin bandwagon |url=https://www.inputmag.com/culture/the-salvation-army-is-jumping-on-the-bitcoin-bandwagon |website=Input |access-date=14 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| 2021 || January 19 || {{w|Bitcoin Cash}} || Education || Donation || Bitcoin.com Founder Roger donates two gifts totaling US$2,000,000 in Bitcoin Cash (BCH) to The Foundation for Economic Education, to support its work "in advancing individual liberty and educating students around the world on the moral and economic foundations of a free society".<ref>{{cite web |title=Bitcoin.com Founder Roger Ver Donates Two Major Gifts to the Foundation for Economic Education |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bitcoincom-founder-roger-ver-donates-two-major-gifts-to-the-foundation-for-economic-education-301211083.html |website=www.prnewswire.com |access-date=12 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bitcoin.com Founder Roger Ver Donates Two Major Gifts to the Foundation for Economic Education {{!}} Bitcoin.com |url=https://fee.org/articles/bitcoincom-founder-roger-ver-donates-two-major-gifts-to-the-foundation-for-economic-education/ |website=fee.org |access-date=14 January 2022 |language=en |date=19 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Roger Ver to Donate $2M in BCH for Economic Education |url=https://coinquora.com/roger-ver-to-donate-2m-in-bch-for-economic-education/ |website=CoinQuora - Latest Cryptocurrency and Blockchain News. |access-date=14 January 2022 |date=21 January 2021}}</ref> | | 2021 || January 19 || {{w|Bitcoin Cash}} || Education || Donation || Bitcoin.com Founder Roger donates two gifts totaling US$2,000,000 in Bitcoin Cash (BCH) to The Foundation for Economic Education, to support its work "in advancing individual liberty and educating students around the world on the moral and economic foundations of a free society".<ref>{{cite web |title=Bitcoin.com Founder Roger Ver Donates Two Major Gifts to the Foundation for Economic Education |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bitcoincom-founder-roger-ver-donates-two-major-gifts-to-the-foundation-for-economic-education-301211083.html |website=www.prnewswire.com |access-date=12 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bitcoin.com Founder Roger Ver Donates Two Major Gifts to the Foundation for Economic Education {{!}} Bitcoin.com |url=https://fee.org/articles/bitcoincom-founder-roger-ver-donates-two-major-gifts-to-the-foundation-for-economic-education/ |website=fee.org |access-date=14 January 2022 |language=en |date=19 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Roger Ver to Donate $2M in BCH for Economic Education |url=https://coinquora.com/roger-ver-to-donate-2m-in-bch-for-economic-education/ |website=CoinQuora - Latest Cryptocurrency and Blockchain News. |access-date=14 January 2022 |date=21 January 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| 2021 || May 12 || [[w:Shiba Inu (cryptocurrency)|Shiba Inu]], {{w|Ethereum}} || Emergency (health) || Donation || In a single transaction, {{w|Vitalik Buterin}} donates 50 trillion [[w:Shiba Inu (cryptocurrency)|SHIB]] tokens worth $1.2 billion to the India Covid Relief Fund and a range of other charities.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bambysheva |first1=Nina |title=Ethereum’s Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Donates Over $1 Billion To India Covid Relief Fund And Other Charities |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ninabambysheva/2021/05/12/ethereums-co-founder-vitalik-buterin-donates-over-1-billion-to-india-covid-relief-fund-and-other-charities/?sh=771199e65484 |website=Forbes |access-date=2 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Conway |first1=Luke |title=Ethereum Creator, Vitalik Buterin, Donates Over $1B to India COVID Relief |url=https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/ethereum/vitalik-buterin-gives-1-billion-to-india-covid-relief-after-memecoin-selloff |website=The Street Crypto: Bitcoin and cryptocurrency news, advice, analysis and more |access-date=12 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Buterin also transfers 500 ether (US$1.9 million) to the relief fund.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Business |first1=Alexis Benveniste, CNN |title=Ethereum co-founder donates $1 billion of shiba inu coin to India Covid relief |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/13/business/ethereum-shiba-inu-india-covid-donation/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref> | | 2021 || May 12 || [[w:Shiba Inu (cryptocurrency)|Shiba Inu]], {{w|Ethereum}} || Emergency (health) || Donation || In a single transaction, {{w|Vitalik Buterin}} donates 50 trillion [[w:Shiba Inu (cryptocurrency)|SHIB]] tokens worth $1.2 billion to the India Covid Relief Fund and a range of other charities.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bambysheva |first1=Nina |title=Ethereum’s Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Donates Over $1 Billion To India Covid Relief Fund And Other Charities |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ninabambysheva/2021/05/12/ethereums-co-founder-vitalik-buterin-donates-over-1-billion-to-india-covid-relief-fund-and-other-charities/?sh=771199e65484 |website=Forbes |access-date=2 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Conway |first1=Luke |title=Ethereum Creator, Vitalik Buterin, Donates Over $1B to India COVID Relief |url=https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/ethereum/vitalik-buterin-gives-1-billion-to-india-covid-relief-after-memecoin-selloff |website=The Street Crypto: Bitcoin and cryptocurrency news, advice, analysis and more |access-date=12 May 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Buterin also transfers 500 ether (US$1.9 million) to the relief fund.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Business |first1=Alexis Benveniste, CNN |title=Ethereum co-founder donates $1 billion of shiba inu coin to India Covid relief |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/13/business/ethereum-shiba-inu-india-covid-donation/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2021 || May 13 || Ethereum || Research ({{w|artificial intelligence}}) || Donation || {{w|Vitalik Buterin}} 1050 ETH (worth US$4,378,159) to the {{w| | + | | 2021 || May 13 || Maker, Ethereum || Research ({{w|artificial intelligence}}) || Donation || Two major donations to the {{w|Machine Intelligence Research Institute}} (MIRI) are announced, including what becomes their largest donation ever, consisting in $US2.5 million per year over the next four years, and an additional ~$5.6 million in 2025, all in the form of 3001 MKR, which is liquidated by MIRI for US$15,592,829 after receiving it. The anonymous donor previously donated US$1.01 million in ETH to MIRI in 2017. The second major donation comes from {{w|Vitalik Buterin}}, who donates 1050 ETH (worth US$4,378,159) to MIRI.<ref name="vxxz"/> |
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| + | | 2021 || May 20 || Bitcoin || Education || Donation || The {{w|University of Pennsylvania}} announces an anonymous gift of US$5 million worth of Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency gift the University has ever received. The donation aims at supporting innovation in finance at {{w|Wharton School}}, Penn's {{w|business school}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Pennsylvania Receives Largest Cryptocurrency Gift in the University’s History to Support Innovation in Finance at the Wharton School |url=https://news.wharton.upenn.edu/press-releases/2021/05/university-of-pennsylvania-receives-largest-cryptocurrency-gift-in-the-universitys-history-to-support-innovation-in-finance-at-the-wharton-school/ |website=News |access-date=17 January 2022 |date=20 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sullivan |first1=Paul |title=Nonprofits Get a New Type of Donation: Cryptocurrency |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/your-money/cryptocurrency-donation-nonprofit.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=17 January 2022 |date=30 July 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2021 || July–August || || || Research (donor profile) || Independent research firm Artemis Strategy Group conducts a study on behalf of Fidelity Charitable, examining cryptocurrency and charitable giving among 1,216 investors in the United States. Among the findings, the study reports that cryptocurrency investors are disproportionately charitable compared to the general investor population, with a third of the former having donated some of their cryptocurrency to charity.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Aldrich |first1=Sarah |last2=Consultant |first2=Freelance |title=Cryptocurrency and Philanthropy, Fidelity Charitable Study - Artemis Strategy Group |url=https://www.artemissg.com/2021/10/cryptocurrency-and-philanthropy-fidelity-charitable-study/ |website=artemissg.com |access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cryptocurrency and Philanthropy |url=https://www.fidelitycharitable.org/insights/cryptocurrency-and-philanthropy.html |website=Fidelity Charitable |access-date=1 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Grothaus |first1=Michael |title=Crytpo traders are more charitable than you think |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90691172/fidelity-crypto-charity-2021-report |website=Fast Company |access-date=14 December 2021 |date=28 October 2021}}</ref> | + | | 2021 || July–August || || || Research (donor profile) || Independent research firm Artemis Strategy Group conducts a study on behalf of Fidelity Charitable, examining cryptocurrency and charitable giving among 1,216 investors in the United States. Among the findings, the study reports that cryptocurrency investors are disproportionately charitable compared to the general investor population, with a third of the former having donated some of their cryptocurrency to charity.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Aldrich |first1=Sarah |last2=Consultant |first2=Freelance |title=Cryptocurrency and Philanthropy, Fidelity Charitable Study - Artemis Strategy Group |url=https://www.artemissg.com/2021/10/cryptocurrency-and-philanthropy-fidelity-charitable-study/ |website=artemissg.com |access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cryptocurrency and Philanthropy |url=https://www.fidelitycharitable.org/insights/cryptocurrency-and-philanthropy.html |website=Fidelity Charitable |access-date=1 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Grothaus |first1=Michael |title=Crytpo traders are more charitable than you think |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90691172/fidelity-crypto-charity-2021-report |website=Fast Company |access-date=14 December 2021 |date=28 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Growing Popularity of Cryptocurrency Could Fuel Charitable Giving |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/growing-popularity-cryptocurrency-could-fuel-123000803.html |website=finance.yahoo.com |access-date=1 December 2021}}</ref> |
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| 2021 || August 15 || United States Dollar || Bitcoin development || Donation || American effective altruist and crypto billionaire {{w|Sam Bankman-Fried}} donates US$450,000 to Brink Technology, a nonprofit that supports Bitcoin developers.<ref>{{cite web |last1=GmbH |first1=finanzen net |title=Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried donates $450,000 to a nonprofit that supports bitcoin developers |url=https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/sam-bankman-fried-donates-450000-brink-crypto-bitcoin-developers-ftx-2021-8 |website=markets.businessinsider.com |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried donates $450,000 to a nonprofit that supports bitcoin developers |url=https://urbancrypto.online/crypto-billionaire-sam-bankman-fried-donates-450000-to-a-nonprofit-that-supports-bitcoin-developers/ |website=UrbanCrypto |access-date=9 January 2022 |date=15 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried donates $450,000 to a nonprofit that supports bitcoin developers Headlines - Allnewspo.com |url=https://www.ngsup.com/business/detail/59750/crypto-billionaire-sam-bankman-fried-donates-450-000-to-a-nonprofit-that-supports-bitcoin-developers |website=www.ngsup.com |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> | | 2021 || August 15 || United States Dollar || Bitcoin development || Donation || American effective altruist and crypto billionaire {{w|Sam Bankman-Fried}} donates US$450,000 to Brink Technology, a nonprofit that supports Bitcoin developers.<ref>{{cite web |last1=GmbH |first1=finanzen net |title=Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried donates $450,000 to a nonprofit that supports bitcoin developers |url=https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/sam-bankman-fried-donates-450000-brink-crypto-bitcoin-developers-ftx-2021-8 |website=markets.businessinsider.com |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried donates $450,000 to a nonprofit that supports bitcoin developers |url=https://urbancrypto.online/crypto-billionaire-sam-bankman-fried-donates-450000-to-a-nonprofit-that-supports-bitcoin-developers/ |website=UrbanCrypto |access-date=9 January 2022 |date=15 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried donates $450,000 to a nonprofit that supports bitcoin developers Headlines - Allnewspo.com |url=https://www.ngsup.com/business/detail/59750/crypto-billionaire-sam-bankman-fried-donates-450-000-to-a-nonprofit-that-supports-bitcoin-developers |website=www.ngsup.com |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> | ||
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| 2021 || August 27 || || Health || Donation || India Covid Crypto Relief Fund announces donation of US$15 million to United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) India to procure 160 million re-use prevention syringes, with the purpose to speed up deployment of vaccines in India.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crypto Relief Donates $15 Mn To UNICEF India To Procure Syringes |url=https://inc42.com/buzz/crypto-relief-donates-15-mn-to-unicef-india-to-procure-syringes/ |website=Inc42 Media |access-date=3 January 2022 |date=27 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=India Covid Crypto Relief Fund to donate $15 million to UNICEF |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-bytes/india-covid-crypto-relief-fund-to-donate-15-million-to-unicef/articleshow/85694682.cms?from=mdr |website=The Economic Times |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> | | 2021 || August 27 || || Health || Donation || India Covid Crypto Relief Fund announces donation of US$15 million to United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) India to procure 160 million re-use prevention syringes, with the purpose to speed up deployment of vaccines in India.<ref>{{cite web |title=Crypto Relief Donates $15 Mn To UNICEF India To Procure Syringes |url=https://inc42.com/buzz/crypto-relief-donates-15-mn-to-unicef-india-to-procure-syringes/ |website=Inc42 Media |access-date=3 January 2022 |date=27 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=India Covid Crypto Relief Fund to donate $15 million to UNICEF |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-bytes/india-covid-crypto-relief-fund-to-donate-15-million-to-unicef/articleshow/85694682.cms?from=mdr |website=The Economic Times |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> | ||
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| 2021 || Autumn || || Health ({{w|cancer}}), {{w|homelessness}} || Adoption || The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Mary’s Place start directly accepting donations of cryptocurrency.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nonprofits accept cryptocurrency as Bitcoin and Ether values spike – is it a fad or the next frontier? |url=https://www.geekwire.com/2021/nonprofits-accept-cryptocurrency-as-bitcoin-and-ether-values-spike-is-it-a-fad-or-the-next-frontier/ |website=GeekWire |access-date=1 December 2021 |date=22 November 2021}}</ref> | | 2021 || Autumn || || Health ({{w|cancer}}), {{w|homelessness}} || Adoption || The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Mary’s Place start directly accepting donations of cryptocurrency.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nonprofits accept cryptocurrency as Bitcoin and Ether values spike – is it a fad or the next frontier? |url=https://www.geekwire.com/2021/nonprofits-accept-cryptocurrency-as-bitcoin-and-ether-values-spike-is-it-a-fad-or-the-next-frontier/ |website=GeekWire |access-date=1 December 2021 |date=22 November 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| + | | 2021 || October 4 || Bitcoin || Undisclosed || Donation || Cryptocurrency donation platform Engiven announces having facilitated a US$10 million Bitcoin donation, one of the largest singular Bitcoin donations publicly known to date. The gift goes to an undisclosed faith-based organization.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Inc |first1=Engiven |title=Engiven, Inc. Facilitates $10 Million Dollar Bitcoin Donation, One of the Largest in History |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/engiven-inc-facilitates-10-million-dollar-bitcoin-donation-one-of-the-largest-in-history-301391441.html |website=www.prnewswire.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=options |first1=Show more sharing |last2=URLCopied! |first2=Copy Link |title=Charities see more crypto donations. Who is benefiting? |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-11-20/charities-see-more-crypto-donations-who-is-benefiting |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=17 January 2022 |date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| 2021 || October 6 || Bitcoin || {{w|Social inclusion}} || Donation || Kraken donates US$150,000 in Bitcoin to diversity-focused Bitcoin group Black Bitcoin Billionaire, which expects to invest into empowering projects and services in the Black tech community.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kraken Donates $150,000 In Bitcoin To Black Bitcoin Billionaire Group |url=https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/kraken-donates-%24150000-in-bitcoin-to-black-bitcoin-billionaire-group-2021-10-06 |website=nasdaq.com |access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kraken Donates $150,000 in Bitcoin to Promote Black Crypto Entrepreneurship |url=https://blog.kraken.com/post/11083/kraken-donates-150000-in-bitcoin-to-promote-black-crypto-entrepreneurship/ |website=Kraken Blog |access-date=11 January 2022 |date=6 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kraken Donates $150,000 In Bitcoin To Black Bitcoin Billionaire Group |url=https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/kraken-donates-150000-in-bitcoin-to-black-billionaire-group |website=Bitcoin Magazine: Bitcoin News, Articles, Charts, and Guides |access-date=11 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> | | 2021 || October 6 || Bitcoin || {{w|Social inclusion}} || Donation || Kraken donates US$150,000 in Bitcoin to diversity-focused Bitcoin group Black Bitcoin Billionaire, which expects to invest into empowering projects and services in the Black tech community.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kraken Donates $150,000 In Bitcoin To Black Bitcoin Billionaire Group |url=https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/kraken-donates-%24150000-in-bitcoin-to-black-bitcoin-billionaire-group-2021-10-06 |website=nasdaq.com |access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kraken Donates $150,000 in Bitcoin to Promote Black Crypto Entrepreneurship |url=https://blog.kraken.com/post/11083/kraken-donates-150000-in-bitcoin-to-promote-black-crypto-entrepreneurship/ |website=Kraken Blog |access-date=11 January 2022 |date=6 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kraken Donates $150,000 In Bitcoin To Black Bitcoin Billionaire Group |url=https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/kraken-donates-150000-in-bitcoin-to-black-billionaire-group |website=Bitcoin Magazine: Bitcoin News, Articles, Charts, and Guides |access-date=11 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| 2021 || November 10 || Ethereum || || Donation || Charity donation project MUNCH announces donation of over 1000 ETH to various charitable projects, making MUNCH the world’s leading charitable crypto project. The MUNCH Project raised and donated to charity evaluator {{w|GiveWell}} 738.87 ETH (about $2,700,000 at the time).<ref>{{cite web |title=MUNCH Hits Record-Breaking 1000 ETH Charity Donation Milestone – Press release Bitcoin News |url=https://news.bitcoin.com/munch-hits-record-breaking-1000-eth-charity-donation-milestone/ |website=Bitcoin News |access-date=1 December 2021 |date=10 November 2021}}</ref> | | 2021 || November 10 || Ethereum || || Donation || Charity donation project MUNCH announces donation of over 1000 ETH to various charitable projects, making MUNCH the world’s leading charitable crypto project. The MUNCH Project raised and donated to charity evaluator {{w|GiveWell}} 738.87 ETH (about $2,700,000 at the time).<ref>{{cite web |title=MUNCH Hits Record-Breaking 1000 ETH Charity Donation Milestone – Press release Bitcoin News |url=https://news.bitcoin.com/munch-hits-record-breaking-1000-eth-charity-donation-milestone/ |website=Bitcoin News |access-date=1 December 2021 |date=10 November 2021}}</ref> | ||
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| 2021 || November || || Charity || Donation || As of date, Fidelity Charitable reportedly cumulates US$274 million worth of cryptocurrency donations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Will 2022 be a boom year for cryptocurrency philanthropy? |url=https://www.devex.com/news/will-2022-be-a-boom-year-for-cryptocurrency-philanthropy-102241 |website=devex.com |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> | | 2021 || November || || Charity || Donation || As of date, Fidelity Charitable reportedly cumulates US$274 million worth of cryptocurrency donations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Will 2022 be a boom year for cryptocurrency philanthropy? |url=https://www.devex.com/news/will-2022-be-a-boom-year-for-cryptocurrency-philanthropy-102241 |website=devex.com |access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> | ||
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| 2021 || December 6 || Bitcoin || Relief ({{w|water scarcity}}) || Donation || Nonprofit charity fund Bitcoin Water Trust reaches 100 Bitcoin. The fund aims to provide clean water to people in developing countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Bitcoin Water Trust Reaches 100 Bitcoin |url=https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/the-bitcoin-water-trust-reaches-100-bitcoin |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Aziz |first1=Afdhel |title=Charity: water Announces Bitcoin Water Trust Reaches 100 BTC, Thanks To Matching Donation From Cameron And Tyler Winklevoss |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/afdhelaziz/2021/12/06/charitywater-announces-bitcoin-water-trust-reaches-100-btc-thanks-to-matching-donation-from-cameron-and-tyler-winklevoss/?sh=7ae8499cbf1d |website=Forbes |access-date=29 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Bitcoin Water Trust Reaches 100 Bitcoin |url=https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/the-bitcoin-water-trust-reaches-100-bitcoin |website=Bitcoin Magazine: Bitcoin News, Articles, Charts, and Guides |access-date=29 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | | 2021 || December 6 || Bitcoin || Relief ({{w|water scarcity}}) || Donation || Nonprofit charity fund Bitcoin Water Trust reaches 100 Bitcoin. The fund aims to provide clean water to people in developing countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Bitcoin Water Trust Reaches 100 Bitcoin |url=https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/the-bitcoin-water-trust-reaches-100-bitcoin |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Aziz |first1=Afdhel |title=Charity: water Announces Bitcoin Water Trust Reaches 100 BTC, Thanks To Matching Donation From Cameron And Tyler Winklevoss |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/afdhelaziz/2021/12/06/charitywater-announces-bitcoin-water-trust-reaches-100-btc-thanks-to-matching-donation-from-cameron-and-tyler-winklevoss/?sh=7ae8499cbf1d |website=Forbes |access-date=29 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Bitcoin Water Trust Reaches 100 Bitcoin |url=https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/the-bitcoin-water-trust-reaches-100-bitcoin |website=Bitcoin Magazine: Bitcoin News, Articles, Charts, and Guides |access-date=29 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2021 || December 26 || Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Shiba Inu || Healthcare ({{w|breast cancer}}) || Adoption || {{w|Susan G. Komen for the Cure}}, a world’s leading breast cancer organization, in collaboration with The Giving Block, starts accepting Shiba Inu, Bitcoin and Dogecoin.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shiba Inu, Bitcoin and Dogecoin Now Accepted by World’s Largest Breast Cancer Charity |url=https://u.today/shiba-inu-bitcoin-and-dogecoin-now-accepted-by-worlds-largest-breast-cancer-charity |website=U.Today |access-date= | + | | 2021 || December 26 || Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Shiba Inu || Healthcare ({{w|breast cancer}}) || Adoption || {{w|Susan G. Komen for the Cure}}, a world’s leading breast cancer organization, in collaboration with The Giving Block, starts accepting Shiba Inu, Bitcoin and Dogecoin.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shiba Inu, Bitcoin and Dogecoin Now Accepted by World’s Largest Breast Cancer Charity |url=https://u.today/shiba-inu-bitcoin-and-dogecoin-now-accepted-by-worlds-largest-breast-cancer-charity |website=U.Today |access-date=16 January 2022 |language=en |date=26 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Shiba Inu, Bitcoin, and Dogecoin are now accepted by the world's largest breast cancer charity - CoinCu News |url=https://news.coincu.com/49603-shiba-inu-bitcoin-and-dogecoin-are-now-accepted-by-the-worlds-largest-breast-cancer-charity/ |website=news.coincu.com |access-date=14 January 2022 |date=26 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Shiba Inu, Bitcoin and Dogecoin Now Accepted by World’s Largest Breast Cancer Charity - Crypto News |url=https://cryptosnewss.com/shiba-inu-bitcoin-and-dogecoin-now-accepted-by-worlds-largest-breast-cancer-charity/ |website=cryptosnewss.com |access-date=14 January 2022 |date=26 December 2021}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 20:07, 30 January 2022
This is a Timeline of cryptocurrency and philanthropy, attempting to describe significant events related to philanthropic aspects of cryptocurrencies.
Contents
Sample questions
The following are some interesting questions that can be answered by reading this timeline:
- What currencies are named in this timeline?
- Sort the full timeline by "Currency".
- You will see a variety of currencies having been donated, mainly Bitcoin, but also altcoins and US Dollars in cases that involve organizations related to cryptocurrencies and blockchain.
- What are some of the several philanthropic causes involving cryptocurrencies?
- Sort the full timeline by "Cause".
- You will see a variety of causes, most often charitable, which aim to provide help and raise money for those in need.
- What are some donation cases mentioned in this timeline?
- Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Donation".
- You will see some significant donations in terms of amount, and other significant cases in terms of novelty.
- What are some cases of entities adopting cryptocurrency donations?
- Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Adoption".
- You will mostly see novel adoptions of cryptocurrency donations in different fields.
- What are some enterprises aimed at receiving cryptocurrency donations for philanthropic causes?
- Sort the full timeline by "Event type" and look for the group of rows with value "Campaign launch" (for campaigns), "Platform launch" (for online platforms), and "Program launch".
- Other events are described under the following types: "Funding", "Partnership", "Publication", "Recommendation", "Regulation", "Security", "Tool launch", and "Trend growth".
Big picture
| Time period | Development summary | More details |
|---|---|---|
| 2013–2015 | Early developments | Donations in cryptocurrency, particularly in Bitcoin, begin, with major donations occurring already in 2013. |
| 2016 | Formalization | Organizations trying to do charity work and delivering aid through the form of Bitcoin begin to emerge, along with organizations that do impact investing based on blockchain technology.[1] |
| 2017 onwards | Take off | Cryptocurrency donations accelerate in 2017 after Bitcoin hits US$20,000 for the first time. Over US$100 million in crypto is donated to the few organizations who are ready to accept Bitcoin. Since then, cryptocurrency donations would increase with estimates of $200-$300 million per year being donated in crypto.[2] In 2018, whereas foundations crypto assets plung, donations keep rising in the year.[3] |
| 2020 onwards | COVID-19 pandemic | The pandemic prompts even more nonprofit organizations to accept cryptocurrency donations.[4] In the United States, the booming cryptocurrency donations to charities are benefited by not being recognized as taxable events.[5][6] |
Numerical and visual data
Google Scholar
The following table summarizes per-year mentions on Google Scholar as of December 14, 2021.
| Year | "cryptocurrency" "philanthropy" |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2015 | 8 |
| 2016 | 17 |
| 2017 | 32 |
| 2018 | 77 |
| 2019 | 116 |
| 2020 | 118 |
Full timeline
| Year | Month and date (approximately) | Currency | Cause | Event type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | October 31 | Poverty alleviation | Recommendation | Ripple Labs encourages people to give to nonprofit organization GiveDirectly, which provides a platform for donors to make direct transfer resources to the extreme poor.[7][8] | |
| 2013 | Early November | Bitcoin | Emergency relief | Donation | Immeditely after Typhoon Haiyan strikes the Philippines, charitable organization Save the Children begins accepting Bitcoin donations via BitPay, a company that processes the donations. The charity becomes the world’s first INGO to accept a Bitcoin donation.[9][10] |
| 2013 | November 30 | Bitcoin | Education | Donation | American early bitcoin investor Roger Ver donates US$1 million worth of Bitcoin to the Foundation for Economic Education, a U.S. conservative libertarian economic think tank.[11] This is the largest charitable Bitcoin donation to date.[12] |
| 2013 | December 17 | Bitcoin | Digital privacy | Adoption | The Tor Project, a Seattle-based research-education nonprofit organization, starts accepting Bitcoin donations.[7] In partnership with Bitpay, BTC can be donated to support Tor’s mission of being the global resource for privacy technology advocacy.[13] |
| 2013–2018 | Charity | Trend growth | According to Blackbaud, online charitable giving grows from 6.4% of all giving in 2013 to 8.5% in 2018.[14] | ||
| 2014 | February 19 | Bitcoin | Education | Donation | The University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, claims to be the first U.S. institution to receive a donation in Bitcoin, after graduate Nicolas Cary donates 14.5 BTC, or about US$10,000, to the university's alumni fund.[15] |
| 2014 | April 22 | Bitcoin | Sanitation | Donation (pledge) | In an effort to provide clean water and proper sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Bitpay, the leading service provide system for Bitcoin, announces their pledge to match 1BTC in donations for BitGive Foundation’s campaign for the Water Project, a charity that provides access to clean, safe and reliable water and sanitation solutions across the region.[16] |
| 2014 | July 30 | Bitcoin | Education | Adoption | The Wikimedia Foundation starts accepting donations of Bitcoin, and announces it would use Coinbase to accept BTC and convert it into U.S. dollars.[17][18][19] |
| 2015 | November 18 | Bitcoin | Charity | Adoption | Fidelity Charitable, the public charity arm of Fidelity Investments, announces customers can use Bitcoin to support charities through its donor-advised funds.[20] |
| 2016 | May 18 | Bitcoin | Fighting terrorism | Donation | A hacker donates 25 stolen Bitcoin (US$11,000 at the time) to a Kurdish region of Syria that borders territory held by the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has received an $11,000 donation in allegedly stolen bitcoin from a vigilante hacker. The BTC are transferred to a crowdfunding campaign set up by members of the Rojava region's economic committee, with the purpose to help fight ISIS.[21][22][23] |
| 2016 | December 8 | Tool launch | Nonprofit organization BitGive launches GiveTrack, a blockchain-based multidimensional donation platform that provides the ability to transfer, track and provides a permanent record of the end-to-end route of global transactions.[24][25][26] | ||
| 2017 | May 30 | Ethereum | Research (artificial intelligence) | Donation | Machine Intelligence Research Institute receives a US$1.01 million anonymous donation from an Ethereum cryptocurrency investor.[27] |
| 2017 | December | Bitcoin | Education | Donation | Global cryptocurrency trading platform Paxful inaugurates its first school built with Bitcoin, under the initiative #builtwithbitcoin, in Bugesera District, Rwanda.[28] |
| 2017 | December | Bitcoin | Health (cancer treatment) | Donation | Tech investors Halle Tecco and Jeff Hammerbacher donate their entire portfolio to a South Carolina cancer hospital.[29][30][31] |
| 2017 | December | Bitcoin | Charity, basic income | Donation | The Pineapple Fund is created as “an experiment in philanthropy with cryptocurrency.” The creator, an anonymous person named “Pine”, donates US$55 million worth of Bitcoin to 60 different charitable organizations focused on everything from the environment and mental health to social justice and homelessness.[32][33] The charity commits US$5 million worth of Bitcoin to GiveDirectly, which at the time runs the largest basic income experiment across dozens of villages in rural Kenya.[34] |
| 2017 | December | Bitcoin | Sport | Campaign launch | The USA Luge Foundation launches a Bitcoin fundraising campaign, allowing holders the possibility to donate through the campaign page. It is the first US Olympic team to set up an account within their endowment to buy and hold Bitcoin.[35][36] |
| 2017 | End of year | Charity | Funding | The Silicon Valley Community Foundation, the largest community foundation in the United States, is estimated to hold US$4.5 billion — nearly a third of its investment portfolio — in cryptocurrencies. SVCF is a donor-advised community foundation serving the Silicon Valley region.[37] | |
| 2018 | January 12 | Bitcoin | Health (post-traumatic stress disorder treatment) | Donation | An anonymous person donates US$4 towards research into MDMA treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The research is undertaken by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).[38] |
| 2018 | January 23 | Bitcoin, Bitcoin cash, Ethereum, Ripple, Stellar lumen | Religion | Adoption | An evangelical in Zürich, begins accepting voluntary offerings from its parishioners in Bitcoin, Bitcoin cash, Ethereum, Ripple, and Stellar lumen.[39][40][41] |
| 2018 | January | Ethereum | Research (artificial intelligence) | Donation | Estonian computer programmer and Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn donates 350 ETH (about US$434,000) to London-based company Faculty, which develops machine learning systems for companies and governments.[42][43] |
| 2018 | February 2 | Ethereum | Longevity | Donation | Antiaging nonprofit SENS Research Foundation Receives a US$2.4 Million Ethereum Donation from Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin. SENS works to research, develop, and promote comprehensive regenerative medicine solutions for the diseases of aging.[44][45][46] |
| 2018 | February 2 | Bitcoin | Health | Donation | California-based non-profit research organization Open Medicine Foundation receives a donation of US$5 million in Bitcoin from an anonymous benefactor.[47][48] |
| 2018 | February 14 | Adoption | Fidelity Charitable reveals having received US$69 million in cryptocurrency donations in 2017, making it the fastest-growing option accepted by the firm. According to the report, the funds, which included donations in Bitcoin and Ethereum, came from 169 different donors.[49] | ||
| 2018 | March 27 | OMG Network | Poverty alleviation | Donation | GiveDirectly announces a donation of US$1 million worth in OMG tokens from Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin. GiveDirectly would deliver the funds to its experimental scheme aimed directly at refugees, providing 12,000 grants to families in Uganda.[50][51][52] |
| 2018 | March 28 | Ripple | Education | Donation | Cryptocurrency startup Ripple donates US$29 million of its own digital currency XRP to support public schools in the United States.[53] The donation is channeled via DonorsChoose charity platform, which would convert Ripple into US dollars.[54] |
| 2018 | May 15 | United States Dollar | Donation | Crypto exchange Kraken donates US$1 million to blockchain advocacy group Coin Center, a leading non-profit focused on the policy issues facing cryptocurrencies.[55] | |
| 2018 | May 22 | Bitcoin | Political campaign | Controversy | American Democratic congressional candidate Brian Forde is targeted by anti-crypto political advertising for accepting Bitcoin (BTC) donations to his campaign. The ad seeks to benefit from Law enforcement agencies often seeing BTC as a criminal tool used to buy drugs, guns or other illegal items, whereas financial regulatory bodies can't decide whether to classify it a security.[56] |
| 2018 | May 24 | Ripple | Wildlife conservation | Donation | American actor and entrepreneur Ashton Kutcher donates US$4 million in Ripple (XRP) to Ellen Degeneres’ Wildlife Fund live during her show.[57] |
| 2018 | May 28 | Religion | Adoption | A mosque in London becomes the first in the United Kingdom to accept cryptocurrency donations for the Ramadan period. The Turkish owned mosque goes against the Turkish government, which brands cryptocurrency as "incompatible" with Islam.[58][59][60] | |
| 2018 | June 4 | Ripple | Donation | Ripple unveils its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), consisting of a US$50 million donation to 17 universities globally to support education in blockchain and crypto.[61] | |
| 2018 | June 27 | Charity | Platform launch | Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong launches charity fund GiveCrypto.org, which aims to raise US$1 billion over the next two years. According to Armstrong, the fund was inspired by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and acts of charity from the crypto community.[62] [63] | |
| 2018 | June 28 | Ethereum | Charity | Program launch | Basketball team Sacramento Kings announce charitable program MiningForGood, which through a partnership with MiningStore.com, would allow the team to install cryptocurrency mining machines in the only Tier 4 data center in a professional sports arena. Cryptocurrency mining is aimed to support charitable causes.[64][65][66] |
| 2018 | August 1 | Ripple | Charity (orphan children) | Partnership | Crypto Daily reports a partnership between American singer Madonna and Ripple, as an effort to raise donations for a charity, which assists orphaned children in Malawi.[67][68] |
| 2018 | September 21 | Bitcoin | Political campaign | Donation | A candidate for a local government seat in the city of Taipei becomes the first politician in Taiwan to ever receive a campaign donation in Bitcoin.[69][70] |
| 2018 | September 21 | Bitcoin, other | Political campaign | Policy | California’s campaign regulator bans candidates from receiving donations for political campaigns with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. This rule opposes the U.S. Federal Elections Commission which generally allows Bitcoin donations to federal candidates.[71][72][73] |
| 2018 | September 24 | Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Ethereum, XRP, EOS, Stellar, Monero, Dash | Charity (child welfare) | Adoption | The French office of UNICEF starts accepting donation in 9 major cryptocurrencies, and expresses that cryptocurrencies and crypto technologies represent an innovation in fundraising for solidarity but are still employed by few organizations in the field.[74][75][76] |
| 2018 | October 4 | Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum Classic | Health | Adoption | Lupus Foundation of America starts accepting donations in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and Ethereum Classic (ETC). The Foundation partners with blockchain consulting firm The Giving Block, which helps non-profit organizations accept crypto and fundraise via cryptocurrencies.[77][78][79] |
| 2018 | October 8 | Coins listed on Binance | Charity | Donation | Binance announces the introducion of an unprecedented policy that makes coin listing fees completely transparent, with 100% of those fees being donated to the Blockchain Charity Foundation, Binance recently launched charity division.[80][81][82] |
| 2018 | November 12 | All cryptocurrencies | Political campaign | Policy | The Michigan Secretary of State's office bans donations in cryptocurrencies for political campaigns.[83][84] |
| 2018 | November 17 | Monero | Human rights | Donation | The Bail Bloc, a US initiative that uses cryptocurrency to get people out of pretrial incarceration, donates mined Monero to bail out immigrants in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention. The initiative chose Monero for being financially viable to mine and does not put a lot of pressure on donors, in addition of being less energy-intensive to mine compared to Bitcoin.[85][86][87] |
| 2018 | November 27 | Emergency relief (hyperinflation) | Platform launch | Payment gateway platform AirTM launches AirdropVenezuela.org, a campaign to raise US$1 million in cryptocurrency donations to send directly to Venezuelan locals suffering from hyperinflation.[88][89] | |
| 2018 | December | Bitcoin | Education | Donation | Peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace Paxful announces having completed building a second school in Rwanda, built entirely through Bitcoin, as a part of their initiative #BuiltwithBitcoin.[90][91][92] |
| 2018 | December 21 | Donation (pledge) | Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong signs The Giving Pledge, bringing to a hundred and eighty-five the number of those pledging to dedicate the majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes.[93][94] | ||
| 2018 | December 23 | Charity | Donation (pledge) | Cryptocurrency exchange Binance and blockchain oriented operating system Tron jointly commit to donate US$100,000 in crypto to charity.[95][96] | |
| 2018 | Charity (child welfare) | Program launch | UNICEF launches an initiative called The Hopepage, asking people to give a percentage of their computer’s processing power in order to mine new Cryptocurrency coins. Funds raised through this would go to UNICEF Australia.[97] | ||
| 2018 | Organization | The Giving Block is established to encourage crypto users to make donations. It provides "an ecosystem for nonprofits and charities to fundraise Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, be found by crypto donors, receive funds instantly, and become part of a network of crypto media partners to support their missions".[98] | |||
| 2019 | January 30 | Bitcoin Cash | Education | Adoption | The Wikimedia Foundation starts accepting Bitcoin Cash donations via Bitpay.[99][100][101] |
| 2019 | April | Ripple | Education | Donation | Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen, along with his wife Lyna Lam and Rippleworks, the social venture foundation he co-founded in 2015, donates US$25 million worth of Ripple to San Francisco State University, his Alma Mater.[102][103][104] |
| 2019 | April | Bitcoin | Freedom of speech | Donation | Following Julian Assange arrest at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Wikileaks' cryptocurrency donations surge, reflecting notable support from the cryptocurrency and Bitcoin communities on behalf of freedom of speech.[105][106][107] |
| 2019 | May 29 | Charity | Donation (pledge) | British bitcoin billionaire Ben Delo signs The Giving Pledge, pledging most of his wealth to philanthropic causes.[108][109][110] | |
| 2019 | June | Bitcoin | Adoption | Charitable organizations that accept bitcoin donations through BitPay cumulate US$37 million in cryptocurrency-denominated donations since 2017.[111] | |
| 2019 | July 2 | Publication | Elisa Shoenberger at dailydot.com writes an article titled How cryptocurrency has become a force in philanthropy, which highlights how cryptocurrencies have become increasingly adopted in the philanthropic sector in the last few years to date.[7]
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| 2019 | July 24 | Bitcoin | Customer satisfaction | Donation | Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx donates US$4.5 million-worth of Bitcoin to its perpetual swap market insurance fund with the purpose to foster customers' confidence in trading cryptocurrencies. The donation is aimed to provide an extra layer of protection to the customers.[112][113][114] |
| 2019 | August 9 | Charity | Platform launch | South Korean conglomerate SK Group creates a blockchain-based donation platform, and proposes two new tokens that would focus on the problem of tracking charitable donations.[115][116][117] | |
| 2019 | August | Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin | Emergency (natural disaster) | Platform launch | Crypto developers in Iran create IranRescueBit, a blockchain-enabled online platform for facilitating aid donations made in cryptocurrencies, to people who have suffered the flooding affecting the country. This is in response to international politics interfering with humanitarian needs, including efforts to receive foreign financial aid for flood victims. Being developed by volunteers independently of the government, the platform accepts donations in Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin.[118][119][120] |
| 2019 | August 19 | Charity | Donation | Fidelity's charity arm, Fidelity Charitable, cumulates US$100 million in crypto donations.[121][122][123] | |
| 2019 | September 10 | Altcoins | Recommendation | Bitcoin maximalist and co-host of the “Tales from the Crypt” podcast Matt Odell posts a tweet urging people to donate to The Tor Project, a Seattle-based 501(c)(3) research-education nonprofit organization. Odell adds, “donate shitcoins. stack sats.”[124] Days later, fintech journalist Osato Avan-Nomayo publishes an article at cointelegraph.com announcing that Bitcoin owners are giving away altcoins to support The Tor Project. Avan-Nomayo states that Bitcoin owners say it is better to donate altcoins to charities and other nonprofit organizations while “stacking sats.”[125]
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| 2019 | September 11 | Tether, other | Emergency (natural disaster) | Adoption | Tether Limited announces US$1 million donation and sets up an address to collect donations in Tether (USDt) to help victims in the Bahamas during the Hurricane Dorian. Meanwhile, nonprofit Lend a Hand Bahamas sets up a Coinbase Commerce account to accept crypto donations for relief efforts easily.[126][127] |
| 2019 | September | Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash | Environmentalism | Campaign launch | The Rain Forest Foundation announces a campaign to fight the Brazilian forest fires with the help of the crypto community. The organization accepts donations in Bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, and bitcoin cash.[128][129][130] |
| 2019 | October 8 | Political campaign | Regulation | Japan legalizes cryptocurrency donations to politicians.[131] | |
| 2019 | October | Bitcoin, Ethereum | Charity | Donation | The Ethereum Foundation donates roughly US$150,000 worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum to UNICEF’s experimental crypto fund. Subsequently, the UNICEF Kazakhstan office develops an Ethereum-based system for processing internal payments, such as sending funds from the UNICEF headquarters to people running a local education program.[132] |
| 2019 | October 9 | Bitcoin, Ethereum | Adoption | Unicef launches cryptocurrency fund, and starts accepting donations through Bitcoin and Ethereum.[133][134][135] | |
| 2019 | October 10 | Bitcoin | Freedom of the press | Adoption | Non-profit English-language newspaper Hong Kong Free Press announces it's accepting Bitcoin donations via BTCPay.[136] |
| 2019 | November 5 | Bitcoin | Charity | Donation | Bill Pulte, son to billionaire William J. Pulte, announces on Twitter plans to give away Bitcoin to charity. In less than 12 hours following the announcement, his site Twitter Philanthropy would face a number of crashes as many flock to participate on the giveaway.[137] |
| 2019 | November 13 | Bitcoin | Digital privacy | Donation (pledge) | The Unknown Fund, organized by a group of anonymous people, announces plan to invest and donate US$75 million in bitcoin (BTC) to those startups working directly or indirectly on enhancing privacy. The Unknown Fund says it would prefer startups working on four niches - personal data protection, tools for online anonymity, cryptocurrencies and blockchain.[138][139][140] |
| 2019 | December 3 | Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Zcash, Litecoin and Gemini dollar | Adoption | Britain-based NGO Save the Children announcers ability to accept multiple digital assets in through its website, including Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Zcash, Litecoin and Gemini dollar.[141][142] | |
| 2019 | December | Bitcoin | Health (cancer treatment) | Adoption | The American Cancer Society starts accepting Bitcoin donations through BitPay.[143][144][145] |
| 2019 | December 18 | United States Dollar | Environmentalism | Donation (pledge) | TRON founder and BitTorrent CEO Justin Sun pledges in a tweet to donate US$1 million to environment activist Greta Thunberg to help raise global awareness of the climate crisis.[146][147][148] |
| 2020 | Early year | Charity | Donation | Sam Bankman-Fried-founded exchange FTX, along with its affiliates and employees, start donating what would cumulate to tens of millions of dollars to charitable causes. Some among these people would pledge to donate the majority of what they make at the exchange. According to Bankman-Fried, "FTX was founded with the goal of having the largest possible positive impact on the world".[149] | |
| 2020 | January 4 | Emergency relief (wildfire) | Campaign launch | Binance announces launch of a charity project aiming to help with Australia bushfire relief efforts. The company commits to donate US$1 million in its own BNB token to the Australia Bushfire Donations project as an initial boost. All funds raised would be used to help alleviate the impact of the crisis and facilitate the restoration afterwards.[150][151] | |
| 2020 | January 17 | Policy | The United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issues a guidance for donors and charities, confirming tax treatment of virtual currency charitable donations. The IRS confirms that virtual currency donations to a charitable organization would not recognize income, gain, or loss from the donation. This is the same result as giving stock or other appreciated assets, which are also characterized as capital assets.[152][153][154] | ||
| 2020 | February 6 | Partnership | UNICEF partners with SoftBank Investment Advisers (SBIA) to develop a structure for distributing cryptocurrency.[155] | ||
| 2020 | March | Emergency relief (COVID-19) | Campaign launch | Binance Charity announces a new fundraising project aimed at tackling the COVID-19 pandemic globally, through a project titled Crypto Against COVID, which aims to raise US$5 million in cryptocurrencies (BNB, BTC, BUSD and XRP) to be spent primarily on buying medical supplies for the countries worst affected by the virus at the time, such as Italy, Germany, Spain, South Korea, Iran, Turkey, United States, and the United Kingdom.[156][157][158] | |
| 2020 | March | Bitcoin | Research (artificial intelligence) | Donation | Jaan Tallinn donates 50 Bitcoin (about US$316,000) to Faculty.[42] Tallinn says he donates in crypto because he keeps most of his personal wealth in that form, and converting it into cash would result in an unnecessary capital gains tax bill, reducing the amount he could give.[43] |
| 2020 | April | Stellar Lumens | Program launch | The Stellar Development Foundation launches a program to match public donations to a number of non–profits, given in Stellar Lumens (XLM) up to a maximum of 1.9 million XLM (roughly $79,300 at the time).[159][160] | |
| 2020 | April 5 | Bitcoin | Emergency relief (health) | Donation | The Italian Red Cross builds an advanced medical pre-triage post for COVID-19 patients using donated Bitcoins generated through a crypto fundraiser. The post is aimed at hosting regular blood donation events.[161][162][163] |
| 2020 | April | Security | The United States FBI releases report warning of 4 cryptocurrency fraud schemes tied to Covid-19”. Scammers ask users to accept a “donation” of funds into their own bank account and to deposit them into a crypto kiosk. The so-called “donation” is likely money stolen from others. The acceptance and transfer of the stolen money is considered illegal money mule activity and potentially unlicensed money transmission.[164] | ||
| 2020 | May 1 | Emergency relief (COVID-19 pandemic) | Donation | Binance Charity announces partnership with non-profit Integro Foundation, with the purpose to assist the Caribean region against COVID-19. US$1 million in cryptocurrencies is commited toward the campaign, with 1/3 from Integro Foundation and 2/3 from Binance Charity.[165][166][167] | |
| 2020 | May 14 | Bitcoin | Emergency relief (COVID-19) | Donation | Crypto gaming pioneer Bitcasino.io and their community of players raise 20BTC in support of COVID-19 relief by way of donating player Loyalty Rewards. The donation is the result of Bitcasino’s Crypto vs. COVID-19 charity campaign in cooperation with the Giving Block, which provides an ecosystem for nonprofits and charities to fundraise Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.[168][169][170] |
| 2020 | May | Health (Covid-19 relief) | Campaign launch | Mexican cryptocurrency exchange Bitso partners with the crowdfunding platform Donadora to launch a crypto-based donation system aimed at gathering funds to buy food for vulnerable families affected by the Covid-19 crisis.[171][172][173] | |
| 2020 | June 14 | Bitcoin | Fraud victim relief | Donation | Members of the crypto community come together to support a victim of phishing scam who was stolen all his BTC. Prominent crypto personalities, including Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, intervene, with some donating some Bitcoins to the victim.[174] |
| 2020 | June 18 | Ethereum | Charity (children) | Donation | The Ethereum Foundation makes a second crypto donation to UNICEF, consisting in roughly 1,125 ether (ETH) (US$262,000 at the time).[175] |
| 2020 | July 14 | Publication | United States IRS compliant software provider TAXbit publishes a guide on how to donate holdings and minimize some taxes by donating crypto.[176][177] | ||
| 2020 | July 15 | Platform launch | Better Business Bureau — the charity giant behind Give.org — launches a privacy-focused donation platform built on the Ardor (ARDR) blockchain, with the purpose to facilitate donations to BBB-accredited charities while ensuring donor data is only shared when permitted.[178][179] | ||
| 2020 | August 18 | Emergency relief (explosion) | Donation | Binance's charity arm donates US$20,000 to the victims of the Beirut explosion.[180] | |
| 2020 | October | Bitcoin | Free software | Donation | A total of 1,050 Bitcoin (over US$11.8 million at ther time), mined back in 2010, are moved after being dormant for over a decade. Part of the funds, well over $100,000, are donated to the Free Software Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Richard Stallman to support the free software movement.[181] |
| 2020 | December 15 | Bitcoin | Art restoration | Donation | Binance Charity donates 3.211 Bitcoin (worth about US$60,000 at the time) to Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris to contribute to the restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral’s Mays paintings, which were damaged in the 15 April 2019 fire.[182] |
| 2020 | December 18 | Charity | Adoption | Protestant Christian church and charitable organization Salvation Army starts accepting cryptocurrency donations.[183][184][185] | |
| 2021 | January 19 | Bitcoin Cash | Education | Donation | Bitcoin.com Founder Roger donates two gifts totaling US$2,000,000 in Bitcoin Cash (BCH) to The Foundation for Economic Education, to support its work "in advancing individual liberty and educating students around the world on the moral and economic foundations of a free society".[186][187][188] |
| 2021 | January 25 | United States Dollar | Research | Donation | Digital currency asset manager Grayscale Investments announces donation of US$1 million to Coin Center, a leading non-profit think tank focused on public policy affecting cryptocurrency networks.[189] |
| 2021 | January 26 | Health (cancer) | Campaign launch | The American Cancer Society creates the Cancer Crypto Fund, in partnership with The Giving Block, which helps organizations tap into crypto philanthropy. Although previously having accepted Bitcoin via BitPay, this is the organization's first crypto-only fund.[190][191][192] | |
| 2021 | January 28 | Bitcoin | Program launch | Paxful launches its global charity initiative #BuiltwithBitcoin in India.[193] | |
| 2021 | February 10 | United States dollar | Research | Donation | Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey donates US$1 million to the Coin Center, a non-profit research and advocacy center focused on the public policy issues facing cryptocurrency and decentralized computing technologies.[194][195] |
| 2021 | April 7 | Emergency relief (COVID-19 pandemic) | Donation | Binance Charity announces donation of US$1 million in Crypto to UNICEF for Global COVID-19 vaccine rollout in 11 countries by the end of 2021: Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Egypt, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Ukraine and Brazil. As the first pillar of Binance Charity’s Post-COVID Recovery Plan, the funding would support UNICEF’s role in helping to deliver COVID-19 Vaccines to communities in those countries.[196][197] | |
| 2021 | May 12 | Shiba Inu, Ethereum | Emergency (health) | Donation | In a single transaction, Vitalik Buterin donates 50 trillion SHIB tokens worth $1.2 billion to the India Covid Relief Fund and a range of other charities.[198][199] Buterin also transfers 500 ether (US$1.9 million) to the relief fund.[200] |
| 2021 | May 13 | Maker, Ethereum | Research (artificial intelligence) | Donation | Two major donations to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) are announced, including what becomes their largest donation ever, consisting in $US2.5 million per year over the next four years, and an additional ~$5.6 million in 2025, all in the form of 3001 MKR, which is liquidated by MIRI for US$15,592,829 after receiving it. The anonymous donor previously donated US$1.01 million in ETH to MIRI in 2017. The second major donation comes from Vitalik Buterin, who donates 1050 ETH (worth US$4,378,159) to MIRI.[27] |
| 2021 | May 20 | Bitcoin | Education | Donation | The University of Pennsylvania announces an anonymous gift of US$5 million worth of Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency gift the University has ever received. The donation aims at supporting innovation in finance at Wharton School, Penn's business school.[201][202] |
| 2021 | July–August | Research (donor profile) | Independent research firm Artemis Strategy Group conducts a study on behalf of Fidelity Charitable, examining cryptocurrency and charitable giving among 1,216 investors in the United States. Among the findings, the study reports that cryptocurrency investors are disproportionately charitable compared to the general investor population, with a third of the former having donated some of their cryptocurrency to charity.[203][204][205][206] | ||
| 2021 | August 15 | United States Dollar | Bitcoin development | Donation | American effective altruist and crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried donates US$450,000 to Brink Technology, a nonprofit that supports Bitcoin developers.[207][208][209] |
| 2021 | August 27 | Health | Donation | India Covid Crypto Relief Fund announces donation of US$15 million to United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) India to procure 160 million re-use prevention syringes, with the purpose to speed up deployment of vaccines in India.[210][211] | |
| 2021 | September 30 | 39 currencies | Adoption | The Central Pacific Bank Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Central Pacific Bank, begins accepting donations of 39 types of cryptocurrencies, after recognizing that "cryptocurrency is becoming an increasingly popular way for people to make payments and so we wanted to again expand our reach and accept donations in whatever form that's acceptable".[212] | |
| 2021 | Autumn | Health (cancer), homelessness | Adoption | The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Mary’s Place start directly accepting donations of cryptocurrency.[213] | |
| 2021 | October 4 | Bitcoin | Undisclosed | Donation | Cryptocurrency donation platform Engiven announces having facilitated a US$10 million Bitcoin donation, one of the largest singular Bitcoin donations publicly known to date. The gift goes to an undisclosed faith-based organization.[214][215] |
| 2021 | October 6 | Bitcoin | Social inclusion | Donation | Kraken donates US$150,000 in Bitcoin to diversity-focused Bitcoin group Black Bitcoin Billionaire, which expects to invest into empowering projects and services in the Black tech community.[216][217][218] |
| 2021 | October 27 | United States Dollar | Relief (water scarcity) | Donation | Crypto.com donates US$1 million to Water.org, a clean-water initiative co-founded by Matt Damon and Gary White, which aims to provide safe water and sanitation. The direct donation is expected to go toward supporting water.org’s mission of ending the global water crisis.[219][220][221] |
| 2021 | November 10 | Ethereum | Donation | Charity donation project MUNCH announces donation of over 1000 ETH to various charitable projects, making MUNCH the world’s leading charitable crypto project. The MUNCH Project raised and donated to charity evaluator GiveWell 738.87 ETH (about $2,700,000 at the time).[222] | |
| 2021 | November 30 | Effective altruism | Platform launch | Non-profit Effective Altruism Funds announces the launch of EffectiveCrypto.org, a donation platform aimed at members of the crypto community "who have done well out of the recent crypto boom and haven’t yet engaged much with effective altruism.[223] | |
| 2021 | November | Charity | Donation | As of date, Fidelity Charitable reportedly cumulates US$274 million worth of cryptocurrency donations.[224] | |
| 2021 | December 6 | Bitcoin | Relief (water scarcity) | Donation | Nonprofit charity fund Bitcoin Water Trust reaches 100 Bitcoin. The fund aims to provide clean water to people in developing countries.[225][226][227] |
| 2021 | December 26 | Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Shiba Inu | Healthcare (breast cancer) | Adoption | Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a world’s leading breast cancer organization, in collaboration with The Giving Block, starts accepting Shiba Inu, Bitcoin and Dogecoin.[228][229][230] |
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