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Payment services provider Shift4 acquires The Giving Block for $54 million -Breaking

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AccordingAccording to an investor presentation, Shift4, a U.S. payment solution provider, announced Tuesday that it had acquired The Giving Block in stock and cash for $54million. There is also a possibility of a $246 million earnout. The Giving Block, an online platform that accepts crypto donations from over 1300 charitable organizations and non-profits is called the “The Giving Block”.

As TelledAccording to its annual report, it processed $79.64 million worth of crypto donations. This is an increase by 1,558% over 2020. Around $12.3 million of that amount came from NFT projects or donations non-fungible tokens. EtherETHNearly half of all the crypto donations were made by, which was the most-popular cryptocurrency donated. The Giving Block donated nearly half of the total volume to Cointelegraph last month. A sample list with six charitiesThe receiving side of cryptocurrency donations, and the positive impact philanthropy can have on such organisations.