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Coinbase’s New Partnership Helps Give Back with Crypto

Coinbase’s New Partnership Helps Give Back with Crypto

To celebrate the season of giving, digital currency wallet and crypto management platform Coinbase announced a partnership that will create a way for its users to donate their crypto.

Coinbase has chosen to integrate with micro donations platform DustAid to provide its users in the U.K. with an option to donate to their choice of three charities:

  • NSPCC, a children’s charity that seeks to keep young people safe from abuse
  • The Little Edi Foundation, which provides support and grants to struggling rural communities in Romania
  • Space for Giants, which helps protect and secure the future of elephants and their landscapes

Donations are facilitated through Coinbase Commerce, Coinbase’s service that allows merchants to accept multiple cryptocurrencies and maintain full control of their own digital currency. Coinbase Commerce launched in early 2018 and integrates directly into a merchant’s checkout screen. Since then, the company has amassed more than 2,000 merchants on the service.

“We firmly believe that by using blockchain technology we can help charities positively impact people all over the world. DustAid’s mission is to make giving a simple, easy and transparent part of our daily lives,” said Duncan Murray, Managing Director of DustAid. “We are really proud to be working with leading organizations like Coinbase and NSPCC to make this a reality and to help children be heard this Christmas.”

After its most recent funding round of $300 million, Coinbase’s total funding reached just under $550 million. Recently, the company launched its Coinbase Pro trading platform on mobile and added five new currencies to the Coinbase Card. Coinbase demoed InstantExchange at FinovateSpring 2014.