Online news channel Cheddar broke the story that Ethereum Classic Labs is donating $1 Million to UNICEF and it’s cryptocurrency innovation fund.
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$1.3 Million in Cryptocurrency Donated by 2014 Alumni to Carnegie Mellon University
On the last day of 2019, around $1.3 million in cryptocurrency was donated by Carnegie Mellon Class of 2014 Alumni Nikolai Mushegian in the form of 3,200 MKR tokens.
Nonprofits explore the newest fundraising frontier: Cryptocurrency [Devex Article]
UNICEF is the first U.N. agency to accept crypto as crypto without converting it to US dollars immediately upon receipt.
COINTELEGRAPH: Foundation Uses Blockchain and Crypto to Help Save the Brazilian Amazon
Rainforest Foundation US is a New York-based, non-profit NGO working in Central and South America, which is now hoping to support anti-deforestation efforts with crypto and blockchain tech.
COINDESK: Rainforest Charity Launches Crypto Appeal with The Giving Block to Protect Burning Amazon
A veteran non-profit is embracing the crypto community to fight Brazil’s forest fires.