Crypto Firms Airdrop Tokens To Aid Vietnam Typhoon Victims
Binance will start sending tokens on Sept. 16, while KuCoin will begin providing token donations on Sept. 18. As the strongest storm to hit Southeast Asia this year moves into Vietnam, cryptocurrency companies have committed to airdropping tokens to support victims of Typhoon Yagi. On Sept. 13, reports indicated that the typhoon’s death toll in […]
New York’s Met Museum Agrees to Return $550K in FTX Donations
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has decided to refund $550,000 in donations it received from the now-bankrupt crypto exchange, FTX. The museum made this decision known in a document submitted on June 2 to the US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, where FTX initiated its bankruptcy proceedings. The museum’s choice to return […]
A Yemeni uses crypto donations to provide food for victims of the civil war
A Redditor in Yemen’s capital city of Sana’a claims to be buying food packages for families who have been unable to acquire supplies due to the ongoing civil war, this was made possible due to bitcoin donations he received. According to a Reddit post from user yemenvoice on Sept. 23, the Yemeni has raised almost […]
Illinois County Treasurer becomes first political candidate to accepts crypto donation
Holly Kim, a treasurer in Lake County, Illinois, is said to be the state’s first political candidate to accept cryptocurrency campaign contributions. Kim recently got a $3 Litecoin (LTC) donation from Mark Tan, the founder of T Capital Coin, an investment management firm based in Lake Forest, according to the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday . […]
Organizations are currently accepting crypto donations for Afghan refugees
Following the Taliban’s control of several densely populated districts, thousands of Afghans have been accepted as refugees in other countries. As a result, numerous humanitarian groups are now collecting cryptocurrency donations. Thousands, if not millions, of Afghans, have attempted or are attempting to abandon their homes , fearful of what the Taliban would do now […]