{"id":6943,"date":"2018-06-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/2018\/06\/29\/coinbase-creates-a-charity-platform-and-will-open-a-new-office-in-portland\/"},"modified":"2018-06-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T00:00:00","slug":"coinbase-creates-a-charity-platform-and-will-open-a-new-office-in-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/coinbase-creates-a-charity-platform-and-will-open-a-new-office-in-portland\/","title":{"rendered":"Coinbase creates a charity platform and will open a new office in Portland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brian Armstrong CEO of Coinbase<\/strong><\/a>, has announced the creation of GiveCrypto, a platform dedicated to charity<\/strong><\/a>, which purpose is to distribute cryptocurrencies to people living in poverty.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur mission is to financially empower people by distributing cryptocurrency globally\u201d,<\/em> states de CEO of Coinbase.<\/p>\n

In this project, funds will be raised through donations and will be distributed through cryptographic transfers to people in need. Currently, the following cryptocurrencies are accepted: BTC, BCH, ETH, LTC, XRP and ZEC.<\/p>\n

What is GiveCrypto.org?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This platform wants to help the most disadvantaged people<\/strong>, nowadays more than two billion people have a mobile phone, but many of them do not have access to basic financial services.<\/p>\n

That is why from GiveCrypto wants to change this situation and help the maximum number of people to try to give them a financial autonomy.<\/p>\n

The beneficiaries of these cryptographic donations will be able to use them to buy goods and services, exchange them for Fiat money or store them long term.<\/p>\n