The New York-based trust, which is backed by popular cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, was launched during the Miami 2021 Bitcoin conference.
“We’ve been encouraged by the overwhelming support we have seen already for the Bitcoin Trust Initiative.
The non-profit has some notable benefactors, including skateboarding superstar Tony Hawk, who has been a supporter for over a decade.
Charity: water has already attracted 100 donors willing to contribute at least one bitcoin toward the project’s 100 bitcoin goal.
Last month, Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, gave billions of SHIB tokens that had been airdropped to his wallet by the inventors of the meme-coin.
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