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Blockchain Reimagined: Transforming eLearning with the Power of Blockchain
While still in its infancy, blockchain developers are beginning to leverage the power of blockchain technology to create innovative eLearning apps that provide a more secure, transparent, and personalized learning experiences.
Tracing the wild uses Web3 technology to unite nature and humanity
Tracing The Wild, a collaboration between the Sovereign Nature Initiative, Kenya Wildlife Trust, and Nairobi Design Week, introduced a first-of-its-kinds interactive digital and physical art installation that seeks to unite nature and humanity with the power of Web3 technology.
Glo: The Anti-Poverty Dollar
Introducing Glo, the anti-poverty dollar. With Glo, every time you buy or use the stablecoin, you're making a difference in someone's life, automatically. This is made possible by donating 100% of proceeds to GiveDirectly, an NGO that provides cash transfers to people living in extreme poverty.
Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 94 - Gitcoin - “Empowering communities to fund, build, and protect what matters” with Quadratic Funding
In episode 94, we’re excited to welcome Connor O’Day from Gitcoin, a Decentralized Autonomous Organization that is “empowering communities to fund, build, and protect what matters.” We discuss what the heck Quadratic Funding is at its core, how Web3 can empower communities and revolutionize crowdfunding, the incredible impacts of the Gitcoin grants protocol, and much more.
Endaoment’s New, Free Developer Tools Expand Opportunities for Philanthropic Growth in Crypto
With the recent announcement of Endaoment making their developer tools available to the Web3 ecosystem, we dive into what this means for builders interested in adding giving capabilities to their projects, and how this exciting development will transform the crypto philanthropy movement.
15 projects and collectives elevating women in Web3
In honor of International Women’s Day, it’s important to recognize the incredible women in Web3, while also taking some time to reflect on how we can build a more inclusive and equitable space. In this blog post, we highlight 15 incredible projects, organizations, collectives, and DAOs elevating women in Web3 and building a more inclusive ecosystem.
Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 93 - Glo - Fighting extreme poverty with Web3 and stablecoins
In episode 93, we’re excited to welcome Garm Lucassen and Jasper Driessens from Glo, a stablecoin with a mission to generate basic income and lift people out of extreme poverty. We discuss why Web3-enabled basic income is such a powerful force for fighting poverty, the mechanics behind the Glo Dollar, how crypto can drive financial inclusion, and much more.
INFOGRAPHIC: 5 Ways blockchain can help end deforestation
The world has lost one-third of its forests, and urgent action is needed to protect the forests that play a vital role in earth’s biodiversity and in mitigating climate change. Blockchain and Web3 tools can help through on-chain monitoring and verification, greater community ownership, new opportunities for climate finance, tokenization of natural assets, and increased accountability.
Crypto Altruism Monthly Recap - February 2023
Newsletter highlighting the most popular Crypto Altruism content from February 2023: supporting Syria and Turkey earthquake relief with crypto, chatting DeSci with Data Lake, separating the myths from the reality in Web3, and how blockchain can improve land protection and management.
Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 92 - ImpactScope - Supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals with Web3 solutions
In episode 92, we’re excited to welcome Rafaella Orelli, Madhuri Rahman, and Susana González from ImpactScope, a Web3 startup dedicated to helping organizations deploy web3 tools to measure, verify and amplify their impact. We discuss how Web3 tools can help NGOs and social enterprises achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Proof of Impact NFTs, some compelling use cases for social enterprises that are skeptical of Web3, and much more.
A greener landscape: The potential of blockchain to transform land protection and management
Land management and protection continues to be rife with intricate challenges including contentious rights ownership, land grabbing, and the impacts of climate change. Up to 40% of the world’s land is now considered degraded, affecting food security, biodiversity, and water availability. Can blockchain help tackle these problems and provide secure and transparent systems for land governance?
Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 91 - SCINET - How blockchain will “revolutionize the way people do and support science”
In episode 91, we’re excited to welcome, Jordan Smith and Hank Brigham, Co-Founders of SCINET, a decentralized life sciences research and investment platform that revolutionizes the way people do and support science. We discuss how decentralized science, or DeSci, can address the biggest pain points felt by scientists, the role of IPNFTs in scientific research, how Web3 can empower individuals to have a voice in science, some of the most compelling DeSci use cases, and much more.
How blockchain can bring greater transparency and participation to broken carbon markets
Blockchain technology has the potential to revolutionize the carbon offsetting market, making it more transparent, trustworthy and efficient. By creating a secure, tamper-proof digital ledger, companies and individuals can have confidence that their carbon credits are supporting real, verifiable carbon reduction and removal projects.
Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 90 - EthicHub - Regenerative finance to empower smallholder farmers
In episode 90, we’re excited to welcome Gabriela Change, Co-Founder and CSO of EthicHub, the First regenerative finance protocol connecting people & unbanked smallholder farmers globally using Web3. We discuss how Web3 can support smallholder farmers, EthicHub’s innovative crowdlending model, blockchain as an important tool for building trust, the regenerative finance movement, and much more.
How you can support earthquake relief in Syria and Turkey with cryptocurrency
Following the devastating earthquakes in Syria and Turkey, the Web3 community was quick to respond as several crypto fundraising campaigns were launched to raise funds for earthquake relief including NFT projects and cryptocurrency funds. In this blog post, we highlight some of these campaigns and the various ways you can use your cryptocurrency to support humanitarian relief in Syria and Turkey.
Crypto Altruism Monthly Recap - January 2023
Newsletter highlighting the most popular Crypto Altruism content from January 2023: Web3 as a tool for grassroots and activist movements, chatting regenerative finance with ReFi DAO, and 10 Web3 social impact trends to monitor in 2023.
Web3 - A Disruptive Tool For Social Impact
Cryptocurrency is more than just an investment. Cryptocurrency, blockchain, and web3 are generational technologies that have the potential to change the world for the better. These ground-breaking technologies will positively disrupt nearly all aspects of our lives in the coming decades: the internet, our financial systems, supply chains, health care, and everything in between. From a social impact lens, blockchain is the single greatest development since the internet.
It has the potential to revolutionize the way aid is disbursed, how funds are raised by non-profits and charitable causes, how communities and collectives organize and engage in self-governance, how CO2 is tracked and managed, how important financial services are delivered to the nearly 2 billion unbanked people around the world, and much more. We are only just scratching the surface of the intersections between web3 and social good.
Crypto Altruism is the leading platform for content highlighting the social impact use cases of web3 and the extraordinary organizations and projects that are using this technology to change the world. Through our blog, podcast, and educational resources, we elevate stories of how crypto, blockchain, NFTs, DAOs, and other web3 innovations are being used all over the world for novel and inspiring use cases.