Welcome to the June Edition of the Crypto Altruists Newsletter!

👋 Hello, Crypto Altruists!

There’s a lot happening in the world right now—from humanitarian crises to growing political tensions—and it can feel overwhelming. What gives us hope is seeing people across Web3 continue to show up, build with care, and find ways to support one another and their communities (even by donating crypto to organizations such as this one).

There’s also more energy in the space with summer blockchain events happening. We’ve seen lots of thoughtful conversations and gatherings, like d/acc Day at Berlin Blockchain Week—a space focused on Defensive Accelerationism, exploring how to coordinate and build shared infrastructure in uncertain times.

It’s been a busy few weeks for us at Crypto Altruists, too. We’ve been sharing new content, made progress on an exciting partnership (more coming soon!), and are almost ready to launch our biggest resource yet.

Let's dive into what we've been following this month... 👇

🌱 Featured: Toolkit Launch Coming Soon!

We believe the next wave of Web3 builders will come from the impact world, and we need to meet them with resources that are accessible and tangible.

That's why, for a while now, we've been working on the Web3 Changemaker Toolkit, and are excited to share that the resource is coming out soon! 🙌🚀

Designed for nonprofit leaders, activists, and mission-driven teams, it’s a practical guide to using Web3 for real-world impact. Whether it’s boosting transparency, unlocking new funding models, or rethinking governance, the Toolkit offers concrete starting points, examples, and tools that make sense.

If this resonates, stay tuned. We’re getting ready for the launch and would love to connect with early supporters and those interested in partnering on the launch. 💚

💡 June Impact Spotlight

Exciting developments 🚀

• Ethereum Foundation launches Devconnect ARG Scholars Program: Applications are open until June 30 for a new program supporting 100 first-time participants to attend Devconnect Buenos Aires and contribute to Ethereum’s public goods ecosystem.
• Logos defends open cultural memory with decentralized storage vision: As the Internet Archive faces a $621M lawsuit, Logos warns of the risks of centralised knowledge systems and promotes Codex—a Web3 protocol to preserve cultural heritage beyond corporate control.
• Octant’s climate-only funding round allocates over $500K to 20 projects: Trinity Morphy breaks down key trends from Epoch 7, such as donor bias toward short-term, global, and non-Web3-native projects.
• Gardens introduces ⚘GARDEN token to grow community-led governance: The open-source platform for collective decision-making launches ⚘GARDEN, a governance token designed to reward contributors, support platform growth, and help communities steer shared infrastructure.
• CDP Issues €500M Green Bond with Blockchain ESG Reporting: Italy’s CDP raised €500M for green projects and became the first in Europe to use blockchain for real-time, transparent ESG impact reporting—letting investors track how every euro is spent.
• Crypto Altruists’ Tereza Bízková on stories as infrastructure for ReFi: At ETHPrague, Tereza introduced a story–tooling–coordination framework for Solarpunk & ReFi, arguing that culture, memory, and communication are just as vital as code.
• ReFi DAO shares updates on DAO 2.0, $REFI, and more: In its Q2 Community Call, ReFi DAO previewed the $REFI token, shared progress on ReFi DAO 2.0, and highlighted upcoming launches like Prosperity Pass and Regenerative.fi.
• Owocki maps the next era of Ethereum public goods funding: Gitcoin co-founder Kevin Owocki outlines key trends reshaping public goods funding—from AI and ZK tech to new mechanisms like Octant 2.0, Gitcoin 3.0, and local-first ecosystems.
• Spinach.fi and CeloPG launch $8K campaign to grow Glo Dollar on Celo: Builders who add USDGLO to liquidity pools, lending markets, or dApps on Celo can earn daily rewards—$5,000 in CELO and $3,000 in Glo Dollars—through an open campaign with no application needed.
• ReFi Hub sells out third RWA investment in just 2 hours: ReFi Hub, the onchain climate investment platform, raised $50,000 in just two hours for its latest real-world asset (RWA) offering—supporting yield-generating EV charging infrastructure in Brazil.
• CeloPG Support Stream Round 2 Rewards Distributed: Celo Public Goods has distributed 40,000 CELO to community-backed projects following the completion of Round 2 of its Support Stream pilot. Through the CeloPG voting platform, users signal support by staking CELO and voting for projects they're passionate about, directing funding to public goods based on community conviction.

Crypto Altruists content & updates 💚

• Episode 204 – From Social Capital to Financial Freedom with Haraka: Will Le & Jessica Gaubert share how Haraka uses blockchain and social trust to scale microloans, empowering underserved entrepreneurs through group lending, stablecoins, and WhatsApp-based onboarding.
• Infographic – Quadratic Funding: What? So What? Now What?: A visual explainer on how blockchain-powered quadratic funding boosts community voice in allocating resources.
• AutoPGF Episode 4 – Decentralizing Humanitarian Aid with Stellar and Coala Pay: Leaders from Stellar, Coala Pay, and Glo explore how blockchain tools are transforming humanitarian aid, enabling faster, transparent, and locally accessible relief systems.
• Infographic – Decentralized Science vs. Traditional Science: A side-by-side look at how Web3 tools like DAOs, tokenized research, and open data are reimagining how science gets funded, shared, and credited.
• Episode 205 – Governance, Education, and Innovation with Web3 Foundation: Bill Laboon explores how Polkadot and Kusama are advancing decentralized governance and education, with insights for impact builders with initiatives like the $50M “Wish for Change” referendum.
• Episode 206 – Helium on Building a Decentralized, Community-Owned Internet: Mario Di Dio shares how DePIN, blockchain incentives, and grassroots coordination are helping build a more inclusive internet.

Recommended resources 📖

• The State of ReFi 2025 by CARBON Copy: CC's annual report inspects the ReFi space—covering trends, challenges, and key shifts—and outlines four urgent questions for the Web3 impact world in 2025.
• Why we should take a venture approach to protecting nature, by WEF: Many conservation tools, including blockchain, miss the mark by assuming demand. The WEF argues that nature projects should start with real customer needs and build backward, much like startups do.
• The ReFi Movement by Token Engineering Commons: The piece raises questions about ReFi narrative gaps, weak metrics, and whether blockchain is driving real change or just repackaging old models.

🌟 Project Highlight: Lido Impact Staking

What if staking could help fund education, reforestation, and open digital tools? That’s the idea behind Lido Impact Staking—a new model that lets ETH stakers direct a portion of their staking rewards to nonprofit partners, automatically and on-chain. 💪

Launched in January this year, the mechanism is straightforward: stake ETH tokens through Lido, select a nonprofit from the supported list, and choose the portion of your yield to donate. Your ETH stays staked, and rewards are streamed directly on-chain to mission-aligned partners, supporting everything from digital inclusion and education to climate restoration and cash transfers.

Rather than relying on one-off donations or time-limited grants, we love that this model gives nonprofits a steady, on-chain funding stream that's directly tied to the validator economy. And for ETH stakers, it’s an easy way to support causes they care about—without changing their setup or giving up their assets. They’re simply putting existing infrastructure to work for good.

We dove deeper into all this on this week’s podcast, featuring Jaydeep Korde, one of the leads behind the initiative. He shares how the idea came together—and what it might signal for the future of impact-aligned crypto systems.

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