Dignitas: Fighting AIDS with Bitcoin
Out of all of the Bitcoin-accepting charity representatives I've had the pleasure to interact with, Anne Connelly was the most sincere. Although she admits it started as a publicity stunt, she claims her interest grew the more she learned about it, and hopes to make it a significant source of funds. She reached out to the VanBex marketing company to ask....
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The global fight against HIV and AIDS is gaining ground, but the war is far from over. Around 6,000 people are infected with the virus each day and 19 million across the globe remain unaware of their HIV-positive status. Additionally, treatment - and by extension, survival - is something of a lottery. A recent statement from UNAIDS executive director Michel Sidibé warned of a "fragile five-year window" to address the discrepancies in healthcare services worldwide, adding: "Ensuring that no one is left behind means closing the gap between people who can get services and people who can't,....
Martin Shkreli Arrested for Fraud: How the Blockchain Could Have Stopped this AIDS Pill Price Gouger
A few months ago, Turing Pharmaceuticals executive Martin Shkreli spread outrage across the world when he bought the rights to an HIV/AIDS medication and raised the price from $13.50 USD to $750. Shkreli made waves again when he purchased the highly desired, only copy of Wu Tang’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin for $2 million. Now, might get his just desserts in prison, as the Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested him for securities fraud. According to prosecutors, Shkreli illegally used stock from Retrophin — a company he used to own — to pay off debts. Newsweek reported that his....
Amid bank freezes and ATM overruns, one Ukrainian escaped with his wealth in bitcoin and is now fighting Russia on his own terms.
UBS has donated the code for a blockchain-based trading platform to a nonprofit group funding research into a cure for HIV/AIDS. The HEAL Alliance, a nonprofit group focused on supporting HIV research, plans to use UBS's code as part of a platform being developed by London-based financial tech startup Finclusion Systems, with the goal being to ultimately raise money using the technology. The UBS Innovation Lab is one of the backers of the initiative alongside Microsoft, Intel, and the University of California San Francisco Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology Center for AIDS....
The Ukrainian crypto community is reaching out to its international friends and colleagues. Ukraine is actively fighting for its freedom and independence with the Russian Federation! The Ukrainian crypto community is helping the army and activists fighting on the streets of Ukrainian cities. We know that victory and justice are on our side. We’re doing everything […]