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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>
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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 AI]], 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>
| 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 || March || Bitcoin || Research ({{w|artificial intelligence}}) || Donation || {{w|Jaan Tallinn}} donates 50 Bitcoin (about US$316,000) to [[w:Faculty AI(company)|Faculty]].<ref name="sfgh"/>
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| 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>
