Each Gitcoin Grants round, we like to take a moment to highlight all the grantees who we’ve had the honor of highlighting on the Crypto Altruism Podcast! For GG20, there are 10 projects that we’ve featured, including Glo Dollar, $EARTH, Atlantis DAO, The Solar Foundation, Giveth, Hypercerts, ReFi DAO, Traditional Dream Factory, Kokonut Network, and Good Dollar.

In episode 151, we’re excited to welcome Garm Lucassen, CTO and Co-Founder of Glo Dollar, a stablecoin dedicated to unlocking $7.4B a year in funding for public goods and charity. We discuss how stablecoins can be leveraged to embed philanthropy into everyday transactions, the concept of Auto Public Goods Funding (or AutoPGF), the roadmap ahead for Glo Dollar, and much more.

Open-source software is the backbone of the modern digital economy. Despite this, the OSS ecosystem faces many challenges including a lack of funding and burnout amongst open-source developers. In this article, we discuss how Web3 is addressing the most pressing challenges faced by open-source developers, thereby promoting a healthier, more sustainable ecosystem for digital innovation.

In episode 150, we welcome Antonio Senatore, CTO of Vechain, a smart contract platform spearheading the real-world adoption of blockchain technology and empowering collective action through the B3TR token. We discuss how Web3 can equip movements with tools for collective action, blockchain as the foundation for a more sustainable future, the recent launch of the VeBetterDAO, and much more.

While many view non fungible tokens (NFTs) as nothing more than JPEGs, they couldn’t be further from the truth. NFTs enable new use cases that help nonprofits, changemakers, and communities drive social impact and build a better world, including philanthropy, impact tokenization, IP-NFTs, community building, and digital identity.

Happy World Water Day! First introduced in 1993, World Water Day aims to celebrate water as an essential part of life and raise awareness of the 2.2 billion people around the world without access to safe drinking water. In this article, we highlight seven projects that are creating novel solutions leveraging blockchain to help build a world where everyone has access to safe water.

Web3 opens the door to a world of new possibilities for nonprofits, impacting everything from fundraising to organizational governance. In this infographic, we highlight five of the most compelling use cases for how nonprofits can leverage blockchain-based tools to grow their impact, connecting with new donors, and future proof their mission.

Anticipatory aid reimagines the delivery of humanitarian aid, taking a more proactive approach that gets aid to those in need before the crisis event even happens. In this article, we dive into how blockchain stands to revolutionize anticipatory aid by improving early warning systems, the transfer of funds to those in need, and the auditing and reporting of aid efforts.

In episode 145, we’re excited to welcome Luke Mulks, VP of Business Operations at Brave and Basic Attention Token, a software ecosystem dedicated to rebuilding the internet by putting power back in the hands of users. We discuss how blockchain can built a safer, more user-driven internet, Brave’s success onboarding millions to crypto, creating an accessible user experience in Web3, and more.

For episode 144, we’re excited to bring you a special episode from ETH Denver, co-hosted with Tereza Bízková and recorded at the Regeneration side event! We feature conversations with nine builders working at the intersection of Web3, regeneration, and social impact. We discuss highlights from ETH Denver, the growing ReFi Movement, community coordination, what it means to be a “Regen”, and more.

In episode 142, we welcome Frederik Gregaard, CEO of Cardano Foundation, a not-for-profit dedicated to advancing Cardano and working to anchor it as a utility for financial and social systems. We discuss how blockchain is key in reimagining traditional power structures and ushering in a new era of radical transparency, some of the social impact applications building on Cardano, and more.

At a time when natural and human-caused disasters are on the rise, blockchain can play an important providing support to those impacted by disasters while helping build more resilient communities. This infographic highlights five key use cases including direct cash transfers, anticipatory aid, fundraising innovations, MRV tools, and community coordination.

In episode 140, we’re excited to welcome Lars Seier Christensen, Chairman and Founder of Concordium, a Layer1 blockchain on a mission to create a future based on trust, privacy, and safety. We discuss Zero-knowledge proofs and some of their use cases, the role of blockchain in protecting individual identity and data sovereignty, some of the projects building on Concordium, and much more.

For the eighth episode of The Web3 Nonprofit, we welcome David Mitchell, Cryptocurrency and Digital Partnership Manager for Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home, a nonprofit that “protects loving homes, finds loving homes, and runs a loving home for dogs and cats in East and Central Scotland.” They are also a true pioneer in the world of crypto philanthropy, forming diverse partnerships in the space.

In episode 137, we welcome Timothy Asiiwme of Mercy Corps Ventures, which invests in and catalyzes venture-led solutions to increase the resilience of underserved communities. We discuss how Web3 can help alleviate poverty and build resilient communities, the role of impact entrepreneurs in addressing social challenges, some of the Web3 pilots Mercy Corps has supported, and more.

Collaborative finance (CoFi) is all about community, trust, and social agreements, showing great potential to bring a human touch back into the impersonal world of financial transactions. In this article, Tereza Bizkova explores how Collaborative Finance, powered by blockchain, stands as a promising avenue to forge more empowered, human-centric, and peer-to-peer interactions.