The Giving Block raises $2.4M for charity on 'CyberGivingTuesday'
Giving Tuesday marked the start of the season for crypto giving and The Giving Block is leading the crypto fundraising campaign. After Thanksgiving Thursday, Black Friday and Cyber Monday comes Giving Tuesday, a day that encourages contributing to charity. The year saw a rise in crypto-philanthropy, thanks to The Giving Block’s initiative of Crypto Giving Tuesday, which initially began in 2019. The organization that equips nonprofits to accept cryptocurrency donations raised $2.4 million dollars in crypto this year, a 583% increase from Crypto Giving Tuesday 2020. From charities,....
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RenPSG to allow charities to accept more than 45 different cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ether and Dogecoin. The Giving Block, a major organization focused on the cryptocurrency donations industry, continues expanding its crypto charity reach with a new partnership.The organization will be working with charitable platform provider RenPSG to allow its donors to move cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) into new donor-advised funds to support nonprofits and other charitable organizations, The Giving Block announced Sept. 23.As part of the partnership, RenPSG will start offering a....
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ChangeTip, which enables micropayments over social media, has established a tip redirect feature to allow users to channel money to a charity of their choice. ChangeTip selected BitGive, a bitcoin charity, to benefit from its tip redirect feature. In announcing the feature, ChangeTip noted it has many users who, due to their social or employment status, wish to not receive tips for their work. As a result, the company has added the automatic tip redirection feature to allow users to channel money to the charity of their choice. Micropayments and charitable giving. "The two best-use cases....
Bitcoin Tuesday is aligning crypto awareness with public good in this one-day charity event. Bitcoin Tuesday, scheduled for Dec. 1, aims to become one of the largest cryptocurrency fundraisers in history. The Giving Block, a crypto donations company, has secured partnerships with over 120 nonprofits and 30 blockchain companies to spearhead Bitcoin Tuesday — a one-day event that promotes charitable giving via cryptocurrency. Some of the biggest names in crypto will participate in the event, including Cointelegraph, Gemini, Ledger and Blockfolio. Along with dozens of other blockchain....