Crypto Altruism Monthly Recap - July 2023
Most popular blog post of July
Natural Capital Backed Assets: Incentivizing conservation and regeneration with asset tokenization
By incentivizing investment in the preservation of ecosystems and the services they provide, Natural Capital Backed Assets, enabled by on-chain asset tokenization, present a transformative approach to address climate change, protect the Earth's most vital natural resources, and build a global community of regeneration and conservation changemakers.
Most popular podcast episode of July
Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 111 - Artizen Fund - Empowering human creativity with community-centric Web3 fundraising
In episode 111, we welcome René Pinnell, Co-Founder of Artizen Fund, a movement using Web3 to unlock human creativity by reinventing how we fund art, science, technology, and design. We discuss the challenges getting funding for human creativity and how Web3 can address this, Artizen’s innovative artifact fundraising process, how blockchain can help put power in the hands of communities, and more.
In the news: Ethereum turns 8 years old!
Cover art by @zoltantasi
Celebrating Ethereum: The Technology Empowering the Next Generation of Social Impact
Monday July 31st marked the 8th anniversary of the initial launch of the Ethereum Blockchain. To celebrate, in this article we highlight five key areas where Ethereum has been instrumental in empowering individuals and communities to drive social impact: Smart contracts, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), Stablecoins, New funding models, and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs).
In the news: Endaoment and Gitcoin partner on new Universal Impact Pool
Crypto Philanthropy meets Quadratic Funding in new Endaoment-Gitcoin Partnership
Endaoment recently announced the unveiling of the first “Universal Impact Pool” (UIP), an innovative new fund which makes use of Gitcoin’s Quadratic Funding mechanism to distribute matching donations quarterly to nonprofits who receive donations or grants via Endaoment.
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