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Changpeng Zhao Drops $10 Million In BNB On Vitalik Buterin's Biotech Charity, Gets Thanked For Keeping Humanity Safe From Airborne Diseases
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 - 12:03am | 612Changpeng Zhao, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange Binance (CRYPTO: BNB), said Tuesday that he made a personal donation of $10 million to support Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s biotech initiative. What Happened: Zhao, known popularly as “CZ,” ...
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Ripple Labs Donates $100K In XRP For California Wildfires Relief, Says Contributions Will Be Doubled
Tuesday, January 14, 2025 - 11:50pm | 702The blockchain-based company Ripple Labs announced a donation of $100,000 worth of XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) tokens on Tuesday to support the wildfire relief efforts in California. What happened: The San Francisco-headquartered fintech firm said on X that the contributions will be facilitated through...
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Musk Kicked In More Than a Quarter-Billion Dollars To Trump and GOP
Saturday, December 7, 2024 - 3:00pm | 425Billionaire Elon Musk reportedly donated a whopping $277 million to support President-elect Donald Trump and other Republican candidates in the 2024 elections. What Happened: Documents filed recently reveal that Musk has become the biggest financial supporter in the 2024 elections. Musk...
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Elon Musk Pumps More Than $130M Into Trump And GOP Campaigns
Saturday, October 26, 2024 - 10:30am | 626In a move that mirrors his business approach, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is fervently supporting Donald Trump‘s presidential run. What Happened: Musk has been actively campaigning for Trump in Pennsylvania, a key swing state. He’s been organizing rallies and even giving away $1 million checks...
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Tim Cook Says 'Hearts Go Out' To Those Impacted By Devastation Left Behind By Hurricane Milton: Apple Will Make A Donation For 'Relief Efforts On The Ground'
Thursday, October 10, 2024 - 11:20pm | 696In the wake of the devastating Hurricane Milton, Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim Cook has pledged to support relief efforts. What Happened: On Thursday, Cook took to X, formerly Twitter, and said “Apple will be making a donation to help with relief efforts on the ground....
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Elon Musk Targets 'Lopsided' Anti-Trump Donations By Netflix Employees As Cancellations Soared After Co-Founder Reed Hastings Donated To Kamala Harris (CORRECTED)
Monday, September 30, 2024 - 1:18am | 768Note: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of The Information. In July, Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) reportedly witnessed a surge in subscription cancellations after co-founder Reed Hastings announced that he is supporting Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. On Sunday, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ...
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Trump's Presidential Campaign Receives Over-Limit Bitcoin Donation From Winklevoss Twins
Saturday, June 22, 2024 - 3:09pm | 499Bitcoin investors and Winklevoss twins, Cameron and Tyler, received a refund after their Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) donations to former President Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign exceeded the legal limit under federal law. What Happened: The Winklevoss twins, who are known for their dispute...
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Citadel CEO Ken Griffin Backs Nikki Haley With $5M Super PAC Donation
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 - 5:14am | 528Ken Griffin, the CEO of Citadel, a billionaire, and a major Republican campaign donor, has made a significant donation to a political action committee (PAC) supporting former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley in her bid for the Republican presidential nomination. What Happened: CNBC reported on...
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Democratic Presidential Candidate Dean Phillips Redirects Controversial Donation From GOP Donor To Charity Amid Backlash
Monday, November 27, 2023 - 11:06pm | 604Democratic presidential hopeful Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) announced that he will be donating a contentious contribution he received from GOP donor Harlan Crow to Second Harvest Heartland, a charity organization dedicated to feeding children and families. What Happened: The donation from Crow, which...
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Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. To Accept Campaign Donations In Bitcoin, Outlines Plan For Crypto
Sunday, May 21, 2023 - 1:44pm | 390Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced that he will accept campaign donations in Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). Speaking at the Bitcoin 2023 Conference in Miami on Friday, Kennedy said his campaign would be the first in American history to accept donations...
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Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX Donated $1M To This Republican-Linked Super PAC Just Before Bankruptcy
Sunday, November 27, 2022 - 11:38am | 506Last week, Congressman Tom Emmer (R-MN), said that beleaguered cryptocurrency exchange FTX was a failure of centralized finance and called out the working relationship between SEC Chairman Gary Gensler and Sam Bankman-Fried. Bankman-Fried’s inclination...
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EXCLUSIVE: Kiva To Give Away Over 70K Edibles To California MMJ Patients Via New Donation Program
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 - 7:56am | 517Cannabis edibles producer Kiva Confections is launching the Kiva Cares Project, a donation program aimed to help those in need, Benzinga has learned exclusively. What Happened As part of the program, the Oakland-based company will provide all Out of Spec products and products with less than 30 days...
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This Is How Much Bill Gates Just Gifted To The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Saturday, July 23, 2022 - 8:58am | 418According to a recent report, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates has donated more than $955 million worth of Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Per the Securities and Exchange Commission filings, the co-founder of Microsoft...
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Mozilla To Resume Accepting Crypto Donations But Rejects Bitcoin
Saturday, April 9, 2022 - 8:52am | 501The organization behind the fourth most popular desktop browsers in the world has decided to resume accepting cryptocurrency donations. In a recent blog post, the Mozilla Foundation’s executive director Mark Surman announced that the company will resume the ability to accept...
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Backs Drug Decriminalization In Oregon With $500K
Monday, October 5, 2020 - 1:27pm | 319Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan backed a campaign poised to decriminalize all drugs in Oregon. According to the Marijuana Moment, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy donated $500,000, which accounts for a third of...