Crypto Philanthropy: How to Donate to Make Real-World Impact - Ep.296

Unchained

Laura Shin

Tech News, Business News, News

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Some of the biggest names in the crypto industry discuss their personal giving philosophies, how blockchain technology could change the dynamics of giving to charity, and which crypto projects are making a lasting real-world impact. Guests include Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly Capital; Caroline Ellison, co-CEO of Alameda Research; and Arthur Breitman, co-founder of Tezos. Show topics: the definition of effective altruism why Haseeb thinks crypto is the best industry for effective altruism how Haseeb and Arthur differ in their philosophy of doing good why blockchain technology is less important than liquidity when donating money across borders whether Axie Infinity is making a real-world impact why Arthur thinks Axie’s impact will be short-term and not sustainable whether people should donate now versus later Haseeb’s and Arthur’s thoughts on how giving changes people what people working in crypto can do to give back Thank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unconfirmedcardearnfeb2021 Nodle: https://bit.ly/3AXGydJ Brave: http://brave.com/Unchained Episode Links GiveDirectly https://www.givedirectly.org/unchained — all donations made here will be matched! There are $50,000 in matching funds available! https://www.givedirectly.org/crypto-for-good-2021/ Guests Caroline Ellison https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-ellison-309216a7 Haseeb Qureshi https://twitter.com/hosseeb Arthur Breitman https://twitter.com/ArthurB Miscellaneous Effective Altruism https://www.effectivealtruism.org/articles/introduction-to-effective-altruism/ Code to Inspire https://unchainedpodcast.com/crypto-actually-fixes-this-how-code-to-inspire-uses-crypto-in-afghanistan/ Pineapple Fund https://pineapplefund.org/ BitGive https://www.bitgivefoundation.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.4	Gift directly is a nonprofit that lets you send money directly to people living in extreme
0:39.1	poverty.
0:40.3	And it's now raising crypto funds to support a basic income program in Liberia.
0:45.3	Just $333 will fund a year of basic income for a recipient.
0:50.8	This panel I moderated, which you'll hear in this episode, helped raise over $900,000,
0:56.8	which will support 27 villages with a basic income for a year.
1:01.4	To try to get to $1 million, I'm working with them to offer a special match for unchained
1:06.1	listeners.
1:07.4	When you donate any cryptocurrency to give directly this month, it will be matched, which means
1:13.1	doubled.
1:14.1	There are $50,000 in matching funds.
1:17.0	So if we use the whole match, that's $50,000 times 2, plus the $900,000 from the event,
1:24.5	scheduling $1 million in crypto, supporting a basic income for thousands of households
1:29.4	in Liberia next year.
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