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10 reasons many are pursuing a career in blockchain and why you should too!
Many are making the transition to dynamic careers in the crypto and blockchain ecosystem. Here are ten reasons why you should too!
Climate Change vs. Crypto - How blockchain can help vulnerable populations adapt to climate change
With increased climate catastrophes being all but inevitable in the future, it will be important to have systems in place to support the world’s most vulnerable. Blockchain can play an essential role in developing and implementing these systems.
Research Highlight - Fishcoin: Early Lessons in Tokenizing Social Impact
Highlighting exciting research being conducted by Emergence exploring the tokenization of social impact. This first post looks at early lessons learned through Fishcoin, an innovative blockchain-based supply chain ecosystem.
Challenging five common narratives about crypto and blockchain
Cryptocurrency, similar to many new technologies, has faced intense criticism, and as a result, many false narratives have emerged. Here we present the other side of five common narratives.
Tokenizing social impact: highlighting the research of Emergence
An introduction to our partnership with Emergence, an organization conducting high impact research at the intersection of blockchain and social impact. We will be highlighting the impactful research of Emergence into the tokenization of social impact.
Creating buy-in to accept crypto donations at your non-profit
More charities are accepting cryptocurrency donations each day, with millions of dollars flowing through blockchains to support important social causes. We cover strategies to help create buy-in at your organization, so you can begin accepting cryptocurrency donations.
Using crypto and blockchain to provide Unconditional Basic Income to refugee populations
There are many exciting use cases for crypto and blockchain in supporting refugee populations. One project is using crypto to provide Unconditional Basic Income to refugees.
Six great resources to help non-profits adapt to new technological innovations
The Social Impact sector is changing at a rapid pace, largely driven by new technological innovations. It is important that non-profits learn to adapt to these innovations, or risk being left behind. Here are six high quality resources exploring the non-profit-tech intersection.
Using blockchain and biometrics to provide direct aid to refugees
The WFP’s Building Blocks program has the potential to revolutionize the provision of emergency aid by making use of blockchain and biometrics.
Three ways blockchain can help improve democracies
Blockchain/cryptocurrency and government are often viewed as mortal enemies. But there are ways that blockchain can help create healthier democracies as well.
NFTs: The Next Frontier in the Social Impact Space
In this blog post, we discuss the exciting social impact implications for NFTs, which have grown in popularity at an astonishing rate over the past couple of years.
Crypto, blockchain, and the environment: the other side
In the introduction to this series, we highlighted three potential use cases for blockchain and cryptocurrency in the fight against climate change.
In the social impact space, is there one blockchain to rule them all?
The maximalist-minimalist debate has long raged on in the crypto and blockchain community. But, when it comes to the social impact space, is there one chain to rule them all?
Three blockchain projects positively disrupting the health care sector
Blockchain has the potential to revolutionize the health care sector, and the infrastructure and systems behind it. Here are three blockchain-based projects that are positively disrupting the health care sector today.
Three simple reasons crypto will dominate charitable giving in the future
Cryptocurrency giving is on the rise, and more and more charities are starting to accept crypto donations every day. Here are three simple reasons why this trend will continue, and accelerate, as crypto becomes the dominant form of giving.
Five high quality free resources to learn about NFTs
NFTs are growing at an exponential rate, with $2.5 billion in NFT sales made in the 2nd quarter of 2021 alone. So, what are they, and why are they important? Here are 5 free resources to help bring you up to speed!
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.