‘Predatory’ Cryptos: Wikipedia Stops Taking Bitcoin, Ethereum Donations

Wikipedia will no longer accept Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) as donations.

What Happened: Wikipedia editor and software engineer Molly White said on Twitter Sunday that the Wikimedia Foundation, the body behind the free web-based encyclopedia, has decided to “stop accepting cryptocurrency donations.”

“The decision was made based on a community request that the WMF no longer accept crypto donations, which came out of a three-month-long discussion that wrapped up earlier this month.”

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White shared a screenshot from the foundation, which indicated that it would be closing its BitPay account and removing the ability to accept cryptocurrency.

The Wikimedia Foundation has …

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