Donate to United Way with Bitcoin
Nonprofit United Way Worldwide announced today that it now accepts donations in bitcoin, officially becoming the largest charitable institution to adopt the digital currency into its operations. The US-based organization currently holds the title of largest privately held nonprofit in the world, raising more than $5bn annually with more than 2.8 million volunteers, 9.7 million donors and community initiatives, and partnerships with such companies and organizations like the National Football League (NFL). United Way accepting bitcoin signifies the further alignment of the charity with its....
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As part of the ongoing Bitcoin adoption saga, on their blog today, Coinbase revealed today that United Way Worldwide is now accepting Bitcoin for donations. The United Way is the world's largest non-profit. Their longstanding mission has been improving education, promoting financial stability and healthy lives. A global organization, United Way has over 2.8 million volunteers, 9.7 million donors and raises over $5 billion a year. "Donating bitcoin to United Way Worldwide is the most seamless way for an individual to donate" Coinbase reports on their blog. Users can donate with two clicks.....
We received the following message from Aaron (Bitangels) and we think is something really worth to share! If you have, please consider donations for the victims of the flood! Here is the original message: Hi fellow Bitcoiners, you might have heard about the terrible flood desaster that is happening in Serbia. So I am setting up this spontaneous campaign and hope that many people can donate some Bitcoins to show that we care and help. Please donate to this address: 1Ajx88sxaQFE7D2TtEZggUafrZPjLoYDFa All donations will be converted by Bitstamp (Slovenia) into Euros, which will be transferred....
Relai, a bitcoin-only savings and investment app, is using a referral program to donate up to 50% of referred transactions to humanitarian organization UNICEF.
A group of hackers has donated some of the bitcoin it extorted via ransomware attacks to charities, claiming that it wants to “make the world a better place.” However, the law says donations from ill-gotten gains must be rejected but charities have no way of returning donated bitcoin to the hackers. Hackers Donate Bitcoin to Charities A group of hackers known as “Darkside” has surprised the world by donating a portion of the proceeds from ransomware attacks to two charities, the BBC reported Monday, adding that the group is relatively new on the scene. Darkside....
As planned, the Chicago Sun-Times has put in place a paywall, as originally reported in January. The paywall, which isn't much of a paywall at all, to be honest, is a 24-hour testing trial that allows users to donate bitcoin to the Taproot Foundation. Users are able to "donate" a tweet or donate bitcoins in the amount of their choosing. But a donation is not required to view Sun-Times content, at this time. San Francisco-based bitcoin paywall company BitWall is behind this, and the Sun-Times has become the start-up's biggest client thus far. The trial is designed to provide both the....