Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), the non-profit organization supporting Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, will no longer accept cryptocurrency donations. Among the main reasons for the removal were environ...
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Wikimedia Foundation Suspends Crypto Donations After 8 Years
The Wikimedia Foundation, the parent company of Wikipedia has suspended all crypto donations on its platform, in the aftermath of a three-month-long discussion about the fate of the cryptocurrencies o...
Wikimedia Foundation passes proposal halting crypto donations
The Wikimedia Foundation has announced it will be closing its BitPay account. The closure comes as the company discontinues cryptocurrency donations after negative community feedback about digital ass...
Wikimedia Halts Crypto Donations Due to Fears Over Energy Consumption
The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) has announced it will stop accepting crypto donations citing environmental concerns. The decision by Wikimedia’s parent was taken at the end of last month following a t...
Wikimedia Foundation pulls the plug on crypto-donations after ‘feedback’
The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that funds Wikipedia, is in the news today after it announced that it will be shutting down its BitPay account. In doing so, it will also not accept cryptocurr...
Wikimedia Foundation Has Suspended Crypto Donation on its Platforms
The Wikimedia Foundation has announced that it is going to suspend cryptocurrency donations across its wide range of platforms. The move became necessary based on requests from its community of donors...
Wikimedia Foundation shutters BitPay account halting crypto donations
The Wikimedia Foundation, which backs Wikipedia, will shut down its BitPay account and has announced it will stop accepting cryptocurrency donations based on community feedback. The decision to end cr...
The Wikimedia Community Is In Favour Of A Move To Prohibit The Organization Against Taking Cryptocurrency Payments
The organization announced in January that it collected around $130,000 in cryptocurrency donations in the previous fiscal year, accounting for 0.08 percent of its total earnings. The most popular cry...
Wikimedia Foundation Turns Its Back on Crypto Donations
The Wikimedia Foundation has voted to stop accepting payments or donations in cryptocurrency, a huge blow to the industry. Wikimedia Votes Against Future Crypto Payments Many of the world’s biggest cr...
Wikimedia community supports proposal to stop foundation from accepting crypto donations
Requests for comments on a proposal urging the Wikimedia Foundation to stop accepting donations in cryptocurrency have closed, with the majority of users voting in favor. According to a Tuesday update...
Wikimedia Voters Support Ban on Crypto Donations
Key Takeaways Wikimedia voters expressed overwhelming opposition to crypto donations in a vote that concluded this week. Concerns were raised around the environmental impact of crypto mining and impli...
Community contributors ask Wikimedia Foundation to ban crypto donations
The Wikimedia contributor community has requested that the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit that funds Wikipedia and other sister projects, should cease accepting donations in cryptocurrency, follow...
Wikimedia contributors propose dropping crypto donations due to environmental concerns
The environmental concerns surrounding cryptocurrencies have led to several organizations halting their partnerships with this sector. The Wikimedia Foundation has become the latest company to express...
Wikimedia Foundation Debates Acceptance of Cryptocurrency Donations Over Environmental Concerns – Bitcoin News
Following Mozilla’s decision to pause crypto donations due to environmental concerns, a number of Wikimedia Foundation community members have submitted a proposal that asks the foundation to stop acce...
Wikimedia Foundation Called to Stop Accepting Crypto Amid Environmental Concerns
Molly White, a longtime editor of Wikipedia who edits under the username GorrilaWarfare, has submitted a proposal that seeks to end the Wikimedia Foundation’s acceptance of crypto donations. The Wiki...