{"id":36282,"date":"2021-02-11T15:28:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T13:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=36282"},"modified":"2025-08-29T05:33:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T02:33:38","slug":"coin-center-receives-1-million-donation-from-jack-dorsey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/coin-center-receives-1-million-donation-from-jack-dorsey\/","title":{"rendered":"Coin Center Receives $1 Million Donation From Jack Dorsey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The founder and chief executive of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, donated $1 million to Coin Center, the organisation promoting and defending the interests of the cryptocurrency industry.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Coin Center has received and incredibly generous gift of $1 million from <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@jack<\/a> \u2014 we\u2019re speechless. \ud83d\ude2e<\/p>\n<p>We were almost to our goal for the matching campaign when he put us over the top and then some.<\/p>\n<p>Your confidence in our work is incredibly humbling.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Brito (@jerrybrito) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jerrybrito\/status\/1359532529146097667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">February 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The executive director of Coin Center, Jerry Brito, described Dorsey&#8217;s donation as \u201can incredibly generous gift.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe were nearly at our fundraising campaign goal when Jack helped push us over the expected total,\u201d the executive wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In January, Dorsey <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/jack-dorsey-the-bitcoin-network-as-a-guide-to-the-internet-trumps-ban-a-dangerous-precedent\">described the Bitcoin network as a benchmark for the Internet<\/a> and reminded of the decentralized future pursued by the social network he leads.<\/p>\n<p>Less than a day before the funds from the Twitter founder arrived, Brito said that the organization had received in full a donation of $1 million from Grayscale Investments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">I\u2019m thrilled to announce that Coin Center has received donations to claim the amazing $1 million match from <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grayscale?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@Grayscale<\/a> in full.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been stunned by the outpouring of support from the community. Thank you <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sonnenshein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@Sonnenshein<\/a> and team! \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s one more thing\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Brito (@jerrybrito) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jerrybrito\/status\/1359532527850049538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">February 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In 2017, Coin Center received more than $1 million from leaders of the Bitcoin industry. In 2018, the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken also contributed to defending the interests of the sector.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, at the end of 2020, Coin Center <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/privacy-advocates-urge-to-derail-the-trump-administrations-farewell-gift-to-the-crypto-industry\">sought help<\/a> in challenging the U.S. Treasury&#8217;s FinCEN rules on verifying users of non-custodial wallets.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founder and CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey donated $1 million to Coin Center, an organisation promoting and defending the interests of the cryptocurrency industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1510,1330],"class_list":["post-36282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-coin-center","tag-jack-dorsey"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"28","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36282"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36284,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36282\/revisions\/36284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}