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Crypto is changing how humanitarian agencies deliver aid and services – Cointelegraph Magazine

The primary use case for cryptocurrency in most wealthy countries is acquiring it and holding it, trading it, or using it in various other ways to make more money. In the developing world, where access to financial and banking systems is limited or nonexistent, innovative humanitarian organizations are piloting micro-blockchain

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Ukrainian Soccer Club Shakhtar to Raise Humanitarian Funds Through NFT Sale – Bitcoin News

Shakhtar Donetsk, a leading soccer team in Ukraine, will sell a collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The club intends to auction several signed jerseys to raise funds for Ukrainian citizens affected by the ongoing war with Russia. FC Shakhtar Donetsk to Auction Digital Collectibles With Help From Binance Binance NFT, the

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US lawmakers discuss crypto’s role in sanctions, national security and humanitarian aid

Industry experts and lawmakers who spoke at a hearing of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs clashed on how the country should handle digital assets used for illicit purposes.Speaking remotely in a Thursday hearing on “Understanding the Role of Digital Assets in Illicit Finance,” Michael

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Why Bitcoin’s Neutrality Is Its Greatest Humanitarian Asset – Op-Ed Bitcoin News

Decentralized networks such as Bitcoin’s don’t know national allegiance, they only know math. And when you’re trying to get your savings out of an ATM, or send a payment to relatives in a war-torn environment, someone else’s politics is the last thing you want standing in the way of you

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UNICEF Crypto Fund to Invest $100K in Humanitarian Blockchain Projects

Over the past four years, the United Nations International Children’s Fund has been investing in startups applying open-source technology, hoping to make the world a better place, but is looking to step up its game even further now.Cecilia Chapiro, an investment advisor at UNICEF Ventures, told Cryptox that UNICEF had

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