Showing the world the good of crypto, blockchain, and web3


Next Podcast Episode - May 14 - Adam Silver or Plural Energy

Next Podcast Episode - May 14 - Adam Silver or Plural Energy



Social Impact, Environment Drew Simon Social Impact, Environment Drew Simon

From reactive to proactive: how blockchain is revolutionizing the delivery of anticipatory aid

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.

Read More
Social Impact Drew Simon Social Impact Drew Simon

INFOGRAPHIC: Blockchain and Disaster Relief

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.

Read More
Social Impact, Philanthropy Drew Simon Social Impact, Philanthropy Drew Simon

Blockchain and disaster relief: how Web3 tools are revolutionizing disaster response efforts

Blockchain's decentralized, transparent, and immutable nature makes it a potent tool for enhancing disaster response efforts. By enabling direct aid to victims of disasters, new tools for raising funds, identification solutions for victims, and new mechanisms for organizing the community, blockchain can significantly improve the efficiency and effectiveness of disaster response efforts.

Read More
Commentary Drew Simon Commentary Drew Simon

Crypto Altruism Monthly Recap - May 2023

Newsletter highlighting the most popular Crypto Altruism content from May 2023: How blockchain will revolutionize humanitarian aid delivery, tracking positive impact with hypercerts, how blockchain can empower democracies, Bitcoin Ordinals and crypto philanthropy.

Read More

Five ways blockchain will revolutionize humanitarian aid delivery

As the world continues to face unprecedented humanitarian challenges, embracing blockchain technology could prove to be a game-changer in providing timely and reliable assistance to those in need by increasing cost efficiency, transparency, auditability, and speed, and providing humanitarian organizations with innovative new tools to raise funds.

Read More

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.