Embrace privacy now or pay the price in 2025 (feat. Session)
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Strategic Bitcoin reserve to protect the Amazon (feat. Rainforest Foundation US)
S1E54 • Feb 5, 2025 • 40m
Rainforest Foundation US executive director Suzanne Pelletier explains why the NGO is raising 100 BTC for a strategic Bitcoin reserve and how the fund will be used to help protect the Amazon rainforest, combat climate change and protect Indigenous rights. She explains how crypto adoption by nonprofits can increase their financial resilience.
(00:00) Introduction to The Agenda podcast and this week’s episode
(01:38) The Rainforest Foundation US mission
(03:55) Why RFUS launched a strategic Bitcoin reserve
(05:58) Trauma exhaustion and fundraising struggles
(08:20) Fundraising Bitcoin for NGOs
(11:57) Matching RFUS’s annual budget with a 100 BTC reserve
(14:21) How RFUS will use the strategic Bitcoin reserve
(17:14) Raising money from crypto community vs. traditional sources
(18:56) Risk of deforestation climate change tipping point
(21:56) Addressing Bitcoin environmental impact
(25:59) How RFUS works in tandem with Indigenous communities
(30:33) Navigating international and local politics
(32:42) RFUS origin story and why it embraced crypto
(36:57) What’s next for RFUS in 2025
(38:31) How to donate and get involved
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Ray Salmond
Ray Salmond is an editor and the head of markets at Cointelegraph. After discovering Bitcoin in 2016, he went on to work as the head of content and marketing at a variety of blockchain startups.
Jonathan DeYoung
Jonathan DeYoung is the senior copy editor at Cointelegraph. He is interested in how decentralized technologies can strengthen communities and empower independent artists.