Crypto donations are not new. They weren’t in 2017, the year of the crypto boom, nor are they in 2018. But each time they happen, whETHer it’s donations in cryptocurrencies or fiat currencies, it’s proof that not everyone in the crypto space is there for only themselves.

Vitalik Buterin (age 24), the creator of Ethereum (available on Coinbase), was the latest to make a donation. 

Crypto Donations Continue

Back in May of 2018, Ashton Kutcher, alongside Ripple (available on Binance), donated $4 million to the Ellen Wildlife Fund. In June, Ripple (available on Binance) gave a whopping $50 million to universities in the United States. Following the destructive floods that hit West Japan in mid-July, Binance (the largest crypto exchange in the world) called for crypto donations. They were intended to provide relief for those affected. Then in August, Ripple (available on Binance) was back at it again, partnering with Madonna to raise funds for the Malawi Orphanage.

This week we have seen more crypto donations, this time coming from Vitalik Buterin. The decision to make these donations came out of various threads on Twitter. You can find them on Buterin’s page. Here is one the responses:

Just sent 1000 ETH. Yolo.https://t.co/s1q8K5Wlhs
— Vitalik Non-giver of ETHer (@VitalikButerin) December 19, 2018

The Recipients 

The recipients of the $300,000 in cryptocurrency Buterin donated this week include Prysmatic Labs (see tweet above), Sigma Prime, and ChainSafe Systems. All three are blockchain startups.