Timeline of cryptocurrency and philanthropy

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2020 “COVID-19 has spurred more nonprofit organizations to accept crypto” [1]

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2013 "Roger Ver donated 1 million worth of Bitcoin shares to the Foundation for Economic Education in the year 2013."[2]
2020 April 08 “Italian Red Cross Builds COVID-19 Medical Post With Donated Bitcoins” [3]
2020 April “FBI Warns of 4 Cryptocurrency Fraud Schemes tied to COVID-19” " Scammers, posing as employers, may ask you to accept a “donation” of funds into your own bank account and to deposit them into a crypto kiosk. The so-called “donation” is likely money stolen from others. Your acceptance and transfer of the stolen money is considered illegal money mule activity and potentially unlicensed money transmission."[4]
2020 May 14 “Crypto vs COVID-19: Bitcasino.io raises 20BTC donation and launches charity poker tournament” [5]
2020 May “Mexican Companies Launch Crypto Donation Platform for People Impacted by COVID-19” [6]
2020 June 14 “Bitcoin Owner Loses All His BTC To Phishing Scam, Crypto Community Sends Donation” [7]
2020 June 18 “Ethereum Foundation Makes Second Crypto Donation to UNICEF” [8]
2020 July 14 “Hodlers Can Donate Crypto to Charity to Minimize Tax Payments” [9]
2020 July 15 “Charity Giant Behind Give.org Launches a Blockchain Donation Platform” [10]
2020 August 18 “Binance Charity Pledges $20K to Beirut Explosion Relief Efforts” [11]
2020 September “Bitcoin Campaign Contributions Are Getting More Mainstream” [12]
2020 October 12 “$11 Million in Bitcoin Mined in 2010 Just Moved, Part Donated to FSF” [13]
2020 December 18 “Salvation Army starts accepting cryptocurrency donations” [14]
2021 January 19 “Bitcoin.com Founder Roger Ver Donates Two Major Gifts to the Foundation for Economic Education” [15]
2021 January 25 “Grayscale Investments Donates $1 Million to Coin Center and Pledges to Match Donations Up to an Additional $1 Million” [16]
2021 January 26 “American Cancer Society Starts 'Crypto Only' Donation Fund” [17]
2021 February 10 “Jack Dorsey donates $1 million to crypto think tank Coin Center” [18] “JTwitter Mulls Bitcoin as Dorsey Donates to Coin Center” [19]

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  • Vipul: Also "philanthropy by people who became wealthy through cryptocurrency (e.g., Coinbase founder signing Giving Pledge, Pineapple fund, crypto donations to MIRI in 2017)"
  • Vipul: "check out Sam Bankman-Fried "
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  1. ↑ "COVID-19 has spurred more nonprofit organizations to accept crypto". Cointelegraph. Retrieved 12 February 2021. 
  2. ↑ "WHO ARE THE RICHEST BITCOIN OWNERS? Bitcoin - Henry Harvin". www.henryharvin.com. Retrieved 8 February 2021. 
  3. ↑ "Italian Red Cross Builds COVID-19 Medical Post With Donated Bitcoins". Cointelegraph. Retrieved 12 February 2021. 
  4. ↑ "FBI Warns of 4 Cryptocurrency Fraud Schemes tied to COVID-19". https://www.kcbd.com. Retrieved 12 February 2021.  External link in |website= (help)
  5. ↑ "Crypto vs COVID-19: Bitcasino.io raises 20BTC donation and launches charity poker tournament". CalvinAyre.com. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2021. 
  6. ↑ "Mexican Companies Launch Crypto Donation Platform for People Impacted by COVID-19". Cointelegraph. Retrieved 12 February 2021. 
  7. ↑ Mislos, Vincent (14 June 2020). "Bitcoin Owner Loses All His BTC To Phishing Scam, Crypto Community Sends Donation". International Business Times. Retrieved 12 February 2021. 
  8. ↑ "Ethereum Foundation Makes Second Crypto Donation to UNICEF". CoinDesk. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2021. 
  9. ↑ "Hodlers Can Donate Crypto to Charity to Minimize Tax Payments". CoinDesk. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2021. 
  10. ↑ "Charity Giant Behind Give.org Launches a Blockchain Donation Platform". Cointelegraph. Retrieved 12 February 2021. 
  11. ↑ "Binance Charity Pledges $20K to Beirut Explosion Relief Efforts". CoinDesk. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2021. 
  12. ↑ "Bitcoin Campaign Contributions Are Getting More Mainstream". www.govtech.com. Retrieved 12 February 2021. 
  13. ↑ "$11 Million in Bitcoin Mined in 2010 Just Moved, Part Donated to FSF". CryptoGlobe. Retrieved 12 February 2021. 
  14. ↑ "Salvation Army starts accepting cryptocurrency donations". KSBY. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2021. 
  15. ↑ "Bitcoin.com Founder Roger Ver Donates Two Major Gifts to the Foundation for Economic Education". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 12 February 2021. 
  16. ↑ "Grayscale Investments Donates $1 Million to Coin Center and Pledges to Match Donations Up to an Additional $1 Million". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 12 February 2021. 
  17. ↑ Hayward, Decrypt / Andrew (26 January 2021). "American Cancer Society Starts 'Crypto Only' Donation Fund". Decrypt. Retrieved 12 February 2021. 
  18. ↑ Browne, Ryan (10 February 2021). "Jack Dorsey donates $1 million to crypto think tank Coin Center". CNBC. Retrieved 12 February 2021. 
  19. ↑ "Twitter Mulls Bitcoin as Dorsey Donates to Coin Center". cryptobriefing.com. Retrieved 12 February 2021. 
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