Pledge launches platform allowing NGOs to accept crypto payments

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

Pledge has launched 'PledgeCrypto' which allows non-profit entities to accept crypto donations in over 130 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Tether, and even convert them to fiat currencies. PledgeCrypto offers a free, fully-integrated fiat and crypto donation platform in the industry, where donations go directly to verified non-profit organizations. It doesn't require technical experience, crypto wallet or KYC. Popstar Ariana Grande, who has launched her ‘Protect and Defend Trans Youth Fund’ on the platform, has pledged to match up to $1.5 million of her own money in donations.

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Over 300 hundred million people around the world hold cryptocurrency at present and want to support the causes they care about, said James Citron, CEO of Pledge. «We have made it seamless for anyone to support the world’s largest network of more than million verified charities and for charities everywhere to seamlessly accept cryptocurrencies and further power their mission,» he added. To compensate for the environmental impact of crypto mining and transactions, Pledge is also launching a feature where every crypto transaction will support verified carbon offset projects via the United Nations Climate Neutral Now Initiative.