Binance Charity Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Binance, launched the Crypto Against COVID campaign by launching the PPE stablecoin on Friday. PPE token will ensure that 200,000 masks sent to New York City reach the health workers. As per a Twitter thread, BCF posted yesterday; the PPE token is valued at $0.2 apiece.
(1/5) #Binance #Charity has launched the #PPE Token!
The token utilizes #blockchain tech to ensure that the 200,000 masks sent to New York will reach our #healthcare workers. See thread: ⬇️🔸How #PPEToken and blockchain #technology will help
🔸The list of hospitals
🔸Full story pic.twitter.com/OcFWfbSHsY— Binance Charity (@BinanceBCF) May 8, 2020
The Coronavirus pandemic has shocked the entire world, killing more than 276,000 people out of the 4 million+ infected. At least 210 countries in the world have been affected by the deadly virus, with almost a third of them being under total lockdown.
The United States has been the worst-hit country, and the health system of the world’s largest economic and political superpower has been put to its biggest test of the century. The US alone accounts for more than 1.3 million COVID19 positive cases, and over 78,600 deaths as of date. The state of New York has over 330,000 patients, 182,000+ of them alone in New York City, with more than 21,000 deaths.
In a subsequent tweet, BCF stated that PPE tokens could be transferred from wallets to the couriers, and they, in turn, can redeem PPE for fiat at the very last step with the help of Binance Charity.
(3/5) wallets to couriers, to timestamp the last-mile delivery transaction. The couriers will redeem all #PPE Tokens for fiat money with the #help of #Binance #Charity at the very last step.
🔸Full coverage on @BinanceBCF's #PPEToken ➡️ https://t.co/XjQkh5Bv1w
— Binance Charity (@BinanceBCF) May 8, 2020
Following hospitals will receive the first batch of 200,000 masks:
NY Presbyterian Hospital
NYU Langone
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Mount Sinai Hospital
Lenox Hill Hospital
Montefiore Medical Center
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Maimonides Medical Center
Staten Island University Hospital
Stonybrook Hospital
Huntington Hospital
Showing solidarity with BCF, the Swiss blockchain solutions enterprise CasperLabs announced that it had joined Binance and 40+ other blockchain companies to form the #CryptoAgainstCOVID alliance.
The CasperLabs team is humbled to join @BinanceBCF, @binance, and 40+ #blockchain companies in the #CryptoAgainstCOVID Alliance.
We are so proud to be a part of the global community’s response & contribute to this impactful effort. Stay safe & healthy!https://t.co/eKLc39NzZv
— Casper (@Casper_Network) May 8, 2020
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Commenting on the alliance, CasperLabs COO, Cliff Sarkin said,
Other major crypto-blockchain companies joining forces with BCF and CasperLabs include Bloq, CoinGenius, Crypto.com, CoinFlip, Arrington XRP Capital, Matic Network, etc.
