Building products or companies that leverage blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies for social causes, charitable donations, or broader social impact. This is inspired by the large-scale crypto donations to Ukraine and the idea that crypto can be used for good, challenging its negative reputation.
Opportunity5.6
Why now
The Ukraine crisis demonstrated crypto's effectiveness for rapid, global fundraising. It's shifting mainstream perception from 'criminal' to 'can be used for good,' inspiring new entrepreneurs.
Market gap
A need for transparent, efficient, globally accessible fundraising and impact initiatives that can bypass traditional financial systems and leverage decentralized technologies.
Business fit
Type
Platform, DAO, NFT Project, SaaS (varied)
Target
Individuals, non-profits, international aid organizations, crypto enthusiasts.
Revenue
unknown (can vary from donation-based to product sales or fees)
Founder
Next-generation entrepreneurs with expertise in crypto/web3 and a passion for social causes.
Scores
Problem
8.0
Feasibility
7.0
Why now
9.0
Go-to-market
7.0
Confidence
9.0
Proof signals
60 million dollars of crypto assets had been raised for Ukraine
Someone donated a crypto punk
Gavin Wood, founder of Polkadot, donated like six million dollars of crypto
Ukrainian gaming company Holy Water launched an NFT gallery from all Ukrainian artists and raised 40k
Russian national auctioned burning passport, donating proceeds to Ukraine
People paying for Airbnbs in Ukraine using crypto
Keyword demand
Keyword
Volume
Growth
crypto donations
210/mo
-71% YoY
web3 social impact
10/mo
-100% YoY
blockchain for good
30/mo
-71% YoY
US English Google Ads volume from DataForSEO; growth uses returned monthly search history.
Source episode
How to Engineer Serendipity | Matt Mullenweg, Automattic10:02
what this is actually gonna do is it's going to uh inspire and a whole set of entrepreneurs next generation entrepreneurs who are gonna be building crypto products or crypto companies that are social cause based