How the Human Rights Foundation and Casa Hope to Improve Bitcoin Sovereignty Around the World

As a nonprofit protecting basic freedoms and privileges for people around the world, the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) has been promoting these benefits of Bitcoin for some time, recently launching a fund to financially support Bitcoin developers focused on its privacy layers. “Bitcoin has enormous potential to help activists raise funds to fight human rights abuses in difficult political environments, but storing it in a safe yet accessible way has always been a challenge,” said Alex Galdstein, the chief strategy office for HRF, per the release.

Casa also announced that it will be helping HRF manage its bitcoin-based donations and the grants it will be awarding through its recent Bitcoin development fund. “As long as it’s protected within a highly-secure self-custody solution, Bitcoin enables activists to receive and spend funds in a way that governments and corporations can’t control,” said Casa CEO Nick Neuman, according to the release.

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