Major US Charities Start to Accept Bitcoin Donations
Major U. S. charities are increasingly allowing donors to contribute in bitcoin. The Wall Street Journal on Monday explored why charities such as the American Red Cross, Greenpeace and Save the Children are accepting bitcoin in an article titled, "Brother Can you Spare A Bitcoin?" The report ran in the newspaper's "wealth management" section. In late 2012, when bitcoin was at its peak value, nearly 30 charities raised more than $1 million in a "Bitcoin Black Friday," according to a spokesperson for theBigGive Foundation, which organizes charitable activity among bitcoin users. The....
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Charities supporting children’s causes, victims of humanitarian disasters, the environment, scientific research or the arts raise millions of dollars in donations each year. Yet, while generous contributions continue to be made around the world, public trust and confidence in charities has been reported at its lowest recorded level. According to a 2016 report from UK Fundraising, a survey of over 1,000 people found that trust in charities has fallen from 6.7 out of 10 in 2014 to 5.7 in 2016. The main reasons for this decline are distrust in how charities spend their donations, a lack of....