JustGiving now accepts over 60 cryptocurrencies for people to donate with
\n94% of crypto users are Millennials and Generation Z
\nMore than $2 billion has been donated to charitable causes over the past five years<\/p>\n
UK-based fundraising platform JustGiving is teaming up with The Giving Block, a digital asset company, to start accepting crypto donations.<\/p>\n
JustGiving now allows users to donate in more than 60 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin<\/a>, Ethereum<\/a>, Tether<\/a>, and Doge<\/a>, according to a report from UK Fundraising<\/a>. The move comes as the crypto market is experiencing a surge in value, with Bitcoin recording a new all-time high of over $94,000<\/a> yesterday on CoinMarketCap.<\/p>\n According to JustGiving\u2019s website, over the past 24 years, the fundraising platform has raised $7.2 billion (\u00a36 billion) and is trusted by thousands of charities worldwide, including the Alzheimer\u2019s Society, the British Heart Foundation, Macmillan Cancer Support, and Mind.<\/p>\n Pascale Harvie, President and General Manager of JustGiving, said:<\/p>\n \u201cIn recent years there has been a surge in the use of cryptocurrencies and our decision to enable cryptocurrency donations is the latest demonstration of our commitment to forward-thinking innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n Tapping into a tech-savvy demographic is also key. According to JustGiving, 94% of crypto users are Millennials and Gen Z.<\/p>\n Alex Wilson, co-founder of The Giving Block, said that \u201ccharities need to tap into this new donor demographic,\u201d adding:<\/p>\n \u201c580 million people now use cryptocurrency around the world and the market is worth nearly $3 trillion. Our goal is to make accepting cryptocurrency donations just as easy as taking any other online donations.\u201d<\/p>\n In a 2024 Annual Report<\/a> from The Giving Block, it noted that more than $2 billion has been donated to charitable causes over the past five years.<\/p>\n The post Fundraising platform JustGiving accepts over 60 cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum<\/a> appeared first on CoinJournal<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" JustGiving now accepts over 60 cryptocurrencies for people to donate with 94% of crypto users are Millennials and Generation Z More than $2 billion has been donated to charitable causes over the past five years UK-based fundraising platform JustGiving is teaming up with The Giving Block, a digital asset company, to start accepting crypto donations. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-ethereum"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digkrypton.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}