A way for anyone in need to receive support through crypto
Anywhere in the world, whatever the reason the usual options fall short - no charity covers them, their charity can't take crypto, or the banks have shut them out. If a person or cause needs help, Donate gives the world a way to send it.
Why launch a coin for a GoFundMe
A GoFundMe is a great place for a cause to receive money - a coin is a new way to fill it, powered by trading fees instead of out-of-pocket donations.
A GoFundMe that needs momentum
Plenty of real GoFundMe campaigns stall out. A coin gives the cause something people want to trade and share - and every trade sends the campaign a donation, funded by fees, not out of anyone's pocket.
Crypto communities that want to give
There's a huge crypto audience that would rather rally around a coin than fill in a donation form. A coin turns their trading into real dollars for the cause's GoFundMe.
Proof, not promises
Fees are locked on-chain to the cause, converted to dollars through the Kraken API, and donated to its GoFundMe with a public receipt. Every step from a trade to the campaign is tracked.
When help couldn't get through, crypto did
Real, documented cases - each verified against the outlet linked - where people received support through crypto because the usual route was blocked, too slow, or simply wasn't there.
Nigeria - #EndSARS protests, 2020
Nigeria froze their accounts. Bitcoin didn't.
Why the usual route failed: When the Feminist Coalition began funding protesters, authorities shut its bank account and cut it off from the Flutterwave payment platform - killing donations through the banking system.
How crypto got through: It switched to Bitcoin via a self-hosted server that no one could freeze, and kept funding medical, legal and funeral costs.
~$150k raised, ~$36k in BTC after the freeze
Source: CoinDeskUkraine - weeks after the 2022 invasion
A country defended by strangers' wallets
Why the usual route failed: Cross-border bank transfers were slow and could be blocked, but donors worldwide needed to send money instantly during an active invasion.
How crypto got through: Public crypto wallets pulled in borderless, censorship-resistant donations for fuel, food and supplies within days.
~$100M in crypto donations
Source: CoinDeskAfghanistan - after the 2021 banking collapse
Locked out of the banks, paid in stablecoins
Why the usual route failed: Billions in reserves were frozen and funding suspended; banks capped withdrawals, and women often couldn't access an account without a male guardian.
How crypto got through: An NGO paid Afghan women directly in US-dollar stablecoins they could cash out locally, sidestepping the frozen system and a collapsing currency.
Bank withdrawals capped near $200/week
Source: Al JazeeraVenezuela - years of hyperinflation
Saving in dollars when the currency died
Why the usual route failed: Bolivar deposits lost value within days, and sanctions plus a broken banking system cut ordinary people off from stable currency and normal remittances.
How crypto got through: Families converted wages and remittances into stablecoins to hold dollar value and move money in and out of the country.
3rd on the global crypto-adoption index
Source: Al JazeeraGaza - under blockade
Banks in rubble, the phone became the bank
Why the usual route failed: A long blockade, damaged banking infrastructure and exclusion from services like PayPal left residents with almost no access to the global financial system.
How crypto got through: People used crypto wallets to earn online, receive funds and run freelance income outside a banking system that had shut them out.
44% unemployment under the blockade
Source: The NationalTurkey & Syria - 2023 earthquakes
Relief in minutes, not weeks
Why the usual route failed: Bank transfers take days, and aid to Syria was tangled in sanctions and banking restrictions - delaying money exactly when survivors needed it most.
How crypto got through: Crypto donations reached relief campaigns and local groups within minutes, bypassing slow settlement and sanction friction.
$5.9M in direct crypto donations
Source: ChainalysisThese are real events reported by the outlets linked above, shown as examples of the situations this is built for - people and companies cut off from traditional charity, GoFundMe or banking. The Donate platform was not involved in them. On Donate, anyone launching a coin for a cause is responsible for the recipient's consent, and funds stay locked in escrow until the real recipient is verified.
Locked on-chain, and every donation has a receipt
Anyone can slap "for a good cause" on a coin - and usually the fees just go to whoever launched it. Donate is different: a coin's creator fees are locked on-chain to the cause's own escrow (verified before the coin ever goes live), then converted to dollars through the Kraken API and donated to the cause's real GoFundMe - with the receipt posted on the coin page. Every step from a trade to the campaign is tracked, so you never have to take our word for it.
An open rail, done the honest way
Crypto opens the door. These are the rules that keep it trustworthy.
Fees locked on-chain
Each coin's creator fees are locked to the cause's own escrow and split 80% to the cause, 20% to buy back and burn $Donate - enforced by code, not a promise.
Donated to a real GoFundMe
The 80% is converted to dollars through the Kraken API and donated to the cause's actual GoFundMe campaign, with the receipt posted on the coin page - not sent to an anonymous wallet.
Every dollar is auditable
Claims, escrow balances, payouts and burns are all on-chain and linked to their transactions on the Capital Flow page. You never have to take our word for it.
Honest about the risks
Crypto is volatile and transactions are irreversible - there is no chargeback. We never promise returns to donors or token holders; the token exists to fund causes, not to enrich buyers.