WikiLeaks’ Public Donation Address Receives 4000th Bitcoin
Uber and Airbnb, the hugely popular marketplaces for taxi-like car rides and hotel-like short-term rentals, are usually considered to be successful case stories for the emerging “sharing economy.” Another buzz phrase, “people as a services,” describes the business models of these two companies, both of which attracted funding that values them in the tens....
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WikiLeaks has received over $2.9 million in Bitcoin donations for its operations. The decentralized nature of Bitcoin makes it independent of conventional banking and payment systems. The very reason led to WikiLeaks adopt cryptocurrency payments as the main donation option on its website. The whistleblower site created by Julian Assange has the habit of constantly finding itself in the bad books of the governments, which in turn has impacted its access to banking services. A few years ago, PayPal and Valitor — a credit card payment service provider briefly stopped offering their services....
The University of Pennsylvania received a $5 million donation in bitcoin to support financial innovation at its Wharton business school.
Non-profit whistle-blowing outfit WikiLeaks today sent out a tweet with some pretty interesting information - at least to us in the cryptocurrency community. Did you know the majority of WikiLeaks public funding is #BitCoin and #LiteCoin? , the tweet read, with a link to a donation page and to a bitcoin address overview on Blockchain.info. That account reveals a bitcoin address that has received a total of about $3 million (3855 BTC), and a final balance of $8642 (11 BTC). The litecoin address has received nearly 509 LTC, which does not appear to have been spent. The fact that donations....
Where there's a politician, there's a request for a donation. It's no different with Steve Stockman - Representative of the 36th congressional district in the state of Texas. Stockman now has a donation page up on his website allowing users to submit funds via a connection with digital payments processor BitPay for his run for United States Senate. This is not Stockman's first run-in with bitcoin. He was seen at a New Year's Eve party at 'The Bitcoin Center' in Manhattan's financial district holding up a QR code with a donation address. Could this be the start of a new thing in the....
Al Jalila Foundation, the United Arab Emirates charitable organization, recently announced that it has been given permission to accept cryptocurrency donations. Accepting cryptocurrencies makes it possible for the foundation to receive funding via what is described as one of the fastest-growing donation methods.
Accepting Crypto Expands Foundation’s Donation Channels
A United Arab Emirates (UAE) healthcare organization, Al Jalila Foundation, said it has been given permission to accept digital money and that well-wishers can now donate via cryptocurrencies. By accepting....