Help at hand: Now donate with Bitcoin to help refugees in Europe!
There is good news for those in the Bitcoin community who wish to help the refugees coming to Europe. Cubits, the German Bitcoin exchange and wallet provider, has now started accepting Bitcoin donations on behalf of leading charity organisations. The exchange has also vowed that every donated Satoshi will directly and swiftly reach those who need them. The information on the website of Cubits also stressed in unequivocal terms that "this was an effort to mobilize the Bitcoin community for donations in the light of the acute refugee emergency situation across Europe." For this effort,....
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