Anticipatory cash transfers = aid that arrives before a crisis hits, not after. Mercy Corps Ventures used smart contracts to auto-trigger payouts to Kenyan pastoralists when vegetation data dropped. Result: 13% → 77% of households eating 3 meals/day 🌾 www.mercycorpsventures.com/blog/pilot-i...

Who owns the data produced by land stewards, and who profits from it? 🌱📊 Ma Earth's Learning Lab with @hypercerts.org is exploring that on Tuesday—and how open technology can shift that power back to the people doing the work. luma.com/LL14

Today we have a special episode in store 💚 It's more of a documentary, ft. voices from Ukraine & a look at how Web3 can support sustained impact 🌱 At the center: Ivan's story. A Ukrainian veteran rebuilding his life after losing his sight. cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-...

Such an honor to sit down with Drew Simon on the Crypto Altruists podcast to discuss our work on Solar Saving Circles in Tanzania. Be sure to follow @cryptoaltruists.bsky.social for more valuable episodes & resources around the intersection of Web3 for good ☀️⬇️

AI was never built for the Soliga tribe in southern India. So they built their own: 5 hours of voice data, a $50 Raspberry Pi, no internet. Preserving a language with no written script, on hardware the community controls. 🙌 siliconcanals.com/sc-d-the-glo...

Nonprofits are using blockchain to raise more, pay faster, and prove impact in ways traditional systems can't match. Here are 6 use cases worth knowing about. 🧰👇

We're trying something new! 👀 Crypto Altruists just landed on TikTok—short videos on Web3, AI, and tech building actual public good. Still figuring it out. Come along. 👇 www.tiktok.com/@crypto.altr...

If movements rely on platforms they don’t control, they’re exposed to shutdowns, censorship, and shifting incentives. 🔓 Joshua Dávila from @breadcoop.bsky.social on why building your own infrastructure isn’t optional. www.cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-...

Web3 tool we use daily: SquidRouter Cross-chain swaps across 100+ chains. Works with impact tokens like @glodollar. Fast, simple, no bridge headaches 🦑 What tools are in your daily stack? 👇

AI might be the biggest untapped advantage in the nonprofit sector right now. We broke down the numbers on where things stand & what's possible 👇

Just in: Binance launches Web3 Resilience Lab in Ukraine, with up to $500K in grants. Supporting teams building digital infrastructure and web3 applications alongside local partners. Real-world use is where this kind of work matters most. ⚡ www.binance.com/en/square/po...

Solar lanterns → Savings groups → Community-owned businesses → Local resilience ☀️💪 We sat down w/ @coleenc.bsky.social & Jon Ruth of The Solar Foundation to explore their unique model for development rooted in local ownership & community-driven impact 💚🌍 www.cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-...

Adoption doesn’t come from better tech alone. It comes from understanding how people already live, work, and coordinate. 🌍 This quote from Bill Laboon at @Web3.foundation stuck with us 👇 www.cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-...

A U.S. state just issued its own stablecoin. 🏔️ Not a bank. Not a fintech. Wyoming—onchain, USD-backed, live now. The "when will this be real" era is over. 🪙 hedera.com/blog/wyoming-frontier-stable-token-frnt-now-live-on-hedera/

The systems built to "help" often just do more harm. We sat down w/ @rathermercurial.bsky.social, Heenal, & Marv of SuperBenefit to explore the uncomfortable truths in the impact sector and how decentralized primitives can enable true systems change 🌱🌐 www.cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-...

A Nairobi pilot with Xcapit showed 100% of stablecoin transfers reaching beneficiaries—even on basic phones via SMS to M-Pesa. 📲 A strong example of what real-world crypto infrastructure can look like. www.xcapit.com/en/blog/aidl...

Group lending has always performed well, but it hasn’t scaled easily. Crypto might be the missing piece. 💸 Great insight from William Le of Haraka. www.cryptoaltruists.com/blog/episode...

Through The Giving Block, crypto donors gave $100 million in 2025, with an average donation of $11,019. Stablecoins surged, stock and DAF giving doubled, and the platform crossed $300 million raised since 2018. 💸 Their 2026 Annual Report is out. 👇 thegivingblock.com/annual-report/

Earn while you give. Keep your principal. Fund impact. 🌱💸 This is impact staking, and it's changing how we think about philanthropy 💡 We sat down with Jaydeep Korde of Launchnodes and Lido Impact Staking to unpack this powerful new funding mechanism 🎙️ www.cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-...

"And so we came out to see the stars again." Ethereum Foundation just published a new mandate, signaling a return to its core values and a clear ultimate goal: an Ethereum so resilient it no longer needs them. 🌱 ethereum.foundation/ef-mandate.pdf

Some communities are unbanked because a financial institution decided they weren't profitable enough. Eric van Miltenburg of Ripple on why that's changing. 💡 cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-altruists-episode-231-ripple-impact-building-the-rails-for-good-inside-ripples-1b-vision-for-impact-finance

Hundreds of millions of people still lack official ID—locking them out of banking, housing, and education. Decentralized digital identity offers another path. Here are 5 key benefits. 🔐🌍

Traditional aid arrives after disaster strikes. ⏳ Anticipatory aid releases funds before it happens. ⚡

Nonprofits are struggling more than ever. Funding is being cut. Needs are growing. New tools are urgently needed. 🚨 We hosted a live chat with the GSR Foundation, Social Equation Hub, & Alliance for Public Health to explore how Web3 can help. 🎙️💡 www.cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-...

Ethereum is creating new possibilities for creators, communities, and digital ownership. 🔗 A great reflection from rileybeans. More from the conversation. 👇 www.cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-...

UNICEF is testing blockchain for humanitarian cash transfers. 💡 In a Nairobi pilot, three startups built a system that sends aid via USDC → SMS → M-Pesa, allowing people with basic phones to receive funds. www.unicef.org/innovation/s...

Cell phones were abstract until they weren't. Yaniv Tal of Geo thinks the same is true for data composability—we're just still in the building phase. 📡 www.cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-...

"When you invent the car, you also invent the car crash. The answer isn't to halt cars. It's to ask: how fast can we also invent the seat belt?" The case for steering AI development before the window closes by Tao Burr. www.macroscience.org/p/do-not-sur...

What if the future of money was powered by communities, not banks? We sat down w/ Will Ruddick of Grassroots Economics and Coleen Chase of Solar Foundation to explore how commitment pooling & mutual aid models can help build resilient local economies 🌱🌍 cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-...

Science is a public good. So why is it locked behind paywalls, owned by journals, and funded by gatekeepers? Decentralized science is changing that. 🧬🔓

The systems making decisions about the real world should be open to question. 🔎 Looking back at a thoughtful conversation with Jason Teutsch from Truebit. www.cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-...

It’s easy to get caught up in narratives, but at its core, crypto is also a conversation about values: who gets access, how we coordinate, and what kinds of systems we want to build. 🧭 These quotes are a good reminder 👇 www.cryptoaltruists.com/blog/15-quot...

Communities don’t live inside political borders. They live in watersheds, ecosystems, and networks of care. 🌱 Benjamin Life explores what governance could look like if it reflected that reality & and how neutral infrastructure might help. omniharmonic.substack.com/p/the-infras...

One of the clearest “beyond finance” use cases for blockchain is supply chains. 🚢 Tracking origins, verifying claims, coordinating across global networks. A reminder that crypto infrastructure is increasingly touching the physical world. 👇

Not every meaningful crypto story shows up in markets. 🌍 More than $38B in humanitarian aid moves through slow legacy rails. The UN is expanding blockchain-based payments across 15 agencies to move funds faster and reduce risk in crisis settings. www.devex.com/news/united-...

GoodBuilders Season 3 is here!🌱 $50k+ in G$ rewards. Streaming funds with real-time feedback. Mentorship & community. 💸🤝 We sat down with Rael & Hadar of GoodDollar to explore S3 and what builders need to know to get involved! 🎙️ 🎧Listen: www.cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-...

Every dollar you hold is working for someone. Shouldn't it work for something you believe in? 🤔 Azos Finance is building money that funds climate action—by design. 👇 cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-altruists-episode-226-azos-better-money-for-a-better-planet-how-stablecoins-can-fund-climate-action

Blockchain for Good published a 98-page report on crypto in humanitarian aid. 🕊️ Stablecoin payrolls in Syria, a 400K-user wallet in Afghanistan, WFP catching 855K duplicate registrations in Ukraine, programmable cash transfers in Kenya & more. research.theblockchainforgood.org/index.php/r1...

What if funding public goods didn't require constantly asking for donations? 🌱 @octant.bsky.social uses crypto staking rewards to create a self-sustaining funding stream—the money keeps working, funding never stops. Explore our Octant-related content. 👇  www.cryptoaltruists.com/trailblazers...

Our systems extract because that's what we programmed them to do. What would it mean to build the opposite? Beautiful piece on regenerative economics, living systems as valuable, and place-based coordination 🌍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOx7...

Proof of personhood. Community currencies. NGO Coordination Tools.✨ We sat down with Bill Laboon, VP of Ecosystem at Web3 Foundation to explore decentralized tech that works for people, including case studies in the Polkadot & Kusama ecosystems 🔎🌐 🎧Listen: www.cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-...

There's a lot of noise in crypto right now, but people are still showing up and building. If you're still here, we want to hear from you—we're collecting community reflections on what's keeping people in the space. 👇 forms.gle/jbjnu84uPCKJ...

Our first BREAD Member Spotlight is live. Paul Glavin from Gardens talks about what the community can look forward to this month and why your vote matters. Governance cycle #19 is ongoing. Will Gardens get your vote? Link in bio

💸→🏘️ One use case from @UNDP's new blockchain report: transforming remittances into community investment. Families channel portions into transparent, democratically-governed local funds—not just household spending.

Anticipatory action delivers aid before disasters strike, not after. 🔍 Sandra Uwantege Hart of Mercy Corps Ventures explains how blockchain automates it: Crypto rails + oracles + smart contracts = response when climate data says disaster is coming 🌾 www.cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-...

UNDP just published a snapshot of their blockchain work across 42 use cases 📊 Digital payments, climate finance, community investment models—real deployments in public systems. Worth checking out. 👇 www.undp.org/publications...

I don't often do solo eps, but I've been sitting on something...something personal, & political. In this episode, I reflect on the state of crypto; its capture by bad actors, and its potential as infrastructure for democracy, rather than authoritarianism 🌱🗳️ www.cryptoaltruists.com/blog/crypto-...

How does aid reach people when banks collapse or borders close? 🌍 UNHCR uses blockchain for Ukrainian refugees. Afghanistan's HesabPay serves 51K families. Myanmar built a $500M digital economy. We document the real cases. 👇 www.cryptoaltruists.com/blog/how-blo...

Send $100 internationally: Bank wire → $83 arrives PayPal → $92 arrives Wise → $96 arrives Crypto → $100 arrives 💸 Today, stablecoins deliver 100% and in seconds. Crypto is the way.

Why does so much capital chase so little impact? 💸 This piece by CeLatamOrg is one of the clearest breakdowns we’ve read on what’s broken and why the problem ISN'T money, but structure. medium.com/@celatamorg/...