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UNICEF calls for child safeguards amid mainstream crypto adoption

The United Nations Children's Fund has called for incorporating child safeguards into online child protection initiatives, citing financial and exploitative threats posed by unregulated crypto markets.UNICEF’s “Prospects for children in 2022” report, which examines the impact of global trends on children, anticipates further mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies — “demonstrating both the

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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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UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund Makes Its Largest-Ever Investment

Today eight technology companies from seven different emergent economies will receive an investment of Ethereum cryptocurrency from the UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund.UNICEF’s crypto-enabled investment vehicle has given these companies 125 ETH, worth approximately $28,600, to use in scaling or prototyping their respective technologies over the next six months. Companies receiving this

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UNICEF to Accept Crypto Contributions after Launching its Cryptocurrency Fund

The United Nations announced that UNICEF will now be open to receive donations in cryptocurrency, on October 9th. Currently, the only two cryptocurrencies available for transaction are Bitcoin(BTC)trade and Ethereum (ETH)trade. As part of the new initiative, UNICEF has launched its Cryptocurrency Fund, the first of United Nations Organizations to

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UNICEF Created Its Crypto Fund, Accepting Donations in Bitcoin and Ethereum

UNICEF launched a cryptocurrency fund and is accepting donations in Bitcoin and Ethereum. The initiative has been rolled out to fund open-source technology benefiting children and young people around the world.UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, announced they are launching a crypto fund to, as per the announcement “receive, hold

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UNICEF Launches Cryptocurrency Fund Supported by Ethereum Foundation

UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, has launched a cryptocurrency fund to support open source technology “benefiting children and young people around the world.”According to the official announcement published on Oct. 8, UNICEF thus became the first U.N. organization “to hold and make transactions in cryptocurrency,” namely Bitcoin (BTC)

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