Amidst the market downturn and widespread panic selling that began last week, shaving billions from Bitcoin’s market cap, altruism is driving-decision making among certain crypto investors. According to a new survey conducted by Pollfish, cryptocurrency hodlers are inclined to give up their assets for a worthy cause.
An overwhelming majority of respondents say they’re interested in making charitable donations using their cryptocurrency. The vast majority of respondents had already made a crypto donation and 1 in 4 are more likely to give up their assets if they can do it in crypto.
Here are some highlights from the study, commissioned by WeTrust, a decentralized platform for financial products.
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90.5% reported having made a monetary donation to a charitable cause.
- 77% want to make a donation.
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63% made a donation within the past year.
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62% said charitable organizations should embrace cryptocurrencies for fundraising (versus those who said charitable organizations are doing fine without them).
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24% said they would be more likely to make a monetary donation to a charitable cause if they could do so in cryptocurrency.
- 55% believe the crypto community is more generous than the general population.
Top Causes
- Children’s issues – 49%
- Homelessness – 42%
- Hunger – 41%
- Animals – 38%
The survey of 1,000 US adults was conducted on October 11-12.
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Socially driven entrepreneurs and nonprofits are able to raise crypto funds through WeTrust Spring, which allows cryptocurrency holders to make donations in Ethereum to a range of participating nonprofits.
I donated last year to Prevent Child Abuse Tennessee to help them fund a showing of the documentary entitled “Resilience” – a brilliant, uplifting, motivating film.
“Not gonna buy a Rolls Royce
And real men don’t by Lambos if they have a choice
I’ll start a charity, for the Children of Liberty . . .”
(Excerpt from the song “To The Moon” by John Barrett, Copyright RJM Publishing 2018)