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Blockchain and crypto projects joined the Climate Change Conference in Dubai and unveiled initiatives focusing on contributing to the fight against climate change.

Government transparency group Open Secrets reported U.S. crypto firms spent roughly $19 million on lobbying from January to September 2023.

United Nations Development Program Partners Algorand to Train 22,000 Employees in Blockchain Technology

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which is tasked with eliminating poverty in over 170 countries, wants to educate its 22,000 staff on distributed ledger technology.

While Ether represents 50 of the total crypto donations made to Save the Children’s HODL Hope Campaign, Bitcoin donations amount to 34 of the lot so far.

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and many U.S. lawmakers were in attendance at NABS 2023.

FTX Foundation employee Ross Rheingans-Yoo said he was not part of Sam Bankman-Fried’s “inner circle” and knew nothing about FTX’s fraud.

Kriss Baird, the principal figure of Cardano’s Project Catalyst, spoke with Cointelegraph about the initiative, the extent of the collective’s involvement in shared resources and the direction of the platform’s development.

UN scientists evaluated the activities of 76 Bitcoin mining nations during the 2020–2021 period and found that the global BTC mining network consumed 173.42 TW/hs of electricity.

The list of participants includes tech industry leaders, government representatives from Spain to Saudi Arabia, and scholars from the U.S., Russia, and Japan.

Crypto Aid Israel, a collective of local leaders in the crypto space, is pleased to report substantial progress in our mission to support Israelis affected by the ongoing wave of Hamas terrorism. The community-backed initiative has raised over $185,000 USD (approximately 700,000 NIS), representing a testament to the solidarity and collective power of the Web3 and crypto community.

Coinbase Lobbying Strategy Faces Hurdles Following Hamas Crypto Use: Berenberg

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Dutch government launched a new project for supervising AI to help create a framework for the wider EU area.

The funds raised from the event will help 4,000 people impacted by cancer and locals who need immediate and vital support.

The bill required politicians to “immediately convert” the crypto donations to U.S. dollars — with no scope of expenditures or HODLing the funds.