France’s Minister of State for the Digital Sector, Cédric O, has said he is open to cooperating with platforms to enable crypto donations for the reconstruction of the Notre Dame cathedral. The was by Bloomberg on April 17.
The medieval cathedral a blaze on April 15 that nearly destroyed the world-renowned landmark. Within just two days, donations for the monument’s reconstruction are reportedly 900 million euros (over $1 billion).
Cédric O — whose works under the aegis of France’s Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire — noted that the government’s for Notre Dame donations was created extremely quickly and does not as of yet support contributions in .
The official site currently links to four approved organizations that are collecting donations for the reconstruction, but Cédric O stressed the government is “open to discussing with others” to help drive the fundraising efforts.
The minister said the same conditions would apply to crypto donations as those for fiat currencies — organizations must not charge commissions, data should be collected for tax deductions and the funds should ultimately be routed via one of the four approved organizations.
As Cointelegraph has reported, on April 15, , an international event powered by Cointelegraph, its own campaign to raise for the cathedral’s reconstruction.
Major global also launched its own crypto donation program to support reconstruction of the cathedral this week, as . The new donation channel is hosted on ’s charity platform, which was launched as an initiative of the (BCF).
Earlier this week, Bruno Le Maire that technology is a priority for his country’s government. He highlighted the crypto and regulatory progress heralded by the PACTE Act, which was by the French National Assembly earlier this month.
Published at Thu, 18 Apr 2019 11:28:50 +0000
