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Binance Lends a Helping Hand to Australian Bushfire Victims with $1 Million BNB

January 8, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

Binance Charity, the blockchain-based charity arm of the world’s number one cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has announced that it has initiated the Australia Bushfire Donations project to help raise funds for the restoration of the region which has been devastated by wildfires. Binance Charity plans to donate a whopping...

Beowulf Blockchain and Pacific Link Foundation to Help Human Trafficking Victims

December 13, 2019 by Edoardo Vecchio at Blockchain

The Pacific Link Foundation will use the educational services of Beowulf Blockchain to help human trafficking victims and disadvantaged children to acquire skills and resources necessary to thrive in society. This according to reports from EconoTimes, published, December 12. Support the Anti-Human Trafficking Mission Through Education Beowulf Blockchain is a...

U.S.: FEMA Advisory Board Seeks DLT to Accelerate “Disaster Dividend” Payouts

United States: FEMA Advisory Board Seeks DLT to Accelerate “Disaster Dividend” Payouts

November 19, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Blockchain

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of the U.S. is mulling a distributed ledger technology-powered registry to accelerate the process of disaster relief payments. This was reported in a draft text of the National Advisory Council’s (NAC) November report, November 18, 2019. Tapping Blockchain for Disaster Management In a bid...

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This Non-Profit Is Fighting Global Poverty with Blockchain and Chocolate

October 7, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Blockchain

According to a report published by Fast Company on October 7, 2019, Netherlands-based FairChain Foundation, in association with the United Nations Development Programme, has launched a blockchain pilot to help fight global poverty. Most notably, the pilot involves a chocolate bar called The Other Bar which gives the consumers a...

UNICEF France Calls for Donation in DAI Cryptocurrency to Fund Open Source Blockchain Projects

January 8, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Altcoins, Blockchain, Development, Ethereum, News

The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in France has begun a series of events and has called for donations in Dai (DAI), a cryptocurrency that will help in funding blockchain-based projects to educate youths around the world, the organization announced on its portal on January 6, 2019. Investing...

Bank of China to use Blockchain Technology to Improve Poverty Reduction Efforts in Tibet

Bank of China to use Blockchain Tech to Improve Poverty Reduction Efforts in Tibet

May 25, 2018 by Cindy Huynh at Blockchain, Business, Finance, News, Tech

The Bank of China will use blockchain technology to alleviate poverty in the Tibet Autonomous Region, a province with a high poverty rate of 12.4 percent, in comparison to the national average in China of 3.1 percent. How the Blockchain Can Reduce Poverty According to China Money Network, the Bank...

What Is Dogecoin And Is It A Good Investment?

February 22, 2018 by Alex Lielacher at Cryptocyclopedia

Following the early success of bitcoin and the rise of the Shiba Inu dog meme in 2013, Jackson Palmer and Billy Markus created the altcoin, Dogecoin. Palmer, who at the time worked at Adobes Sydney office, purchased the dogecoin domain in a semi-joking manner. However, once the programmer Markus wrote...

Ethereum-based Platform is Changing the Lives of Syrian Refugees

December 6, 2017 by Priyeshu Garg at Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum, News, Tech

In the middle of the North Arab Desert and 90 minutes from Jordan’s capital city, Amman, lies a refugee camp home to over 32,000 people. A Civil War and Remnants of Normality Known as Azraq Refugee Camp, the 15 kilometers across which it spans are made up of simple aluminum...

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Bitcoin and DASH Serve Victims of Hurricane Harvey

September 2, 2017 by Liam J Kelly at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Finance, News

Danny Sessoms, host of an Austin-based cryptocurrency radio broadcast, announced on August 27 that he would be accepting cryptocurrency to help victims of Hurricane Harvey. Sessoms has typically partnered with Unsung.org to deliver food to the homeless, but this time he charged his RV with relief stocks and drove to...