The Wikimedia Foundation won't accept crypto donations anymore
reported. As part of that decision, it's closing its Bitpay account to prevent any future donations.
"The Wikimedia Foundation has decided to discontinue direct acceptance of cryptocurrency as a means of donating. We began our direct acceptance of cryptocurrency in 2014 based on requests from our volunteers and donor communities. We are making this decision based on recent feedback from those same communities.
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