S8 E2 | Funding Humanitarian Aid With Crypto w/Kat (ethevacuations)

Rehash: A Web3 Podcast

On this episode of Rehash, we’re speaking with Kat from ethevacuations, a project that’s helping fund evacuations from Gaza with ETH.

Many of you might know Kat from her previous role as Head of Product at Zora, but since December 2023, she has been focusing her efforts on providing humanitarian aid to Palestine through crypto rails.

In this episode we talk about some of the unique behaviors and impacts crypto enables, such as increased speed and ease of international remittances, as well as some of the challenges crypto introduces.

Kat also shares her thoughts on how crypto can be used for international aid more broadly, how she handles tough conversations with friends and colleagues about the crisis that’s been going on in Palestine since October of last year, and what she wishes the mainstream knew about crypto beyond memecoins and scams.

Kat has raised over a quarter million dollars and helped safely evacuate 40 people through ethevacuations so far, and you can support her by donating directly to the wallet address listed on ethevacuations.xyz, by collecting this episode at pods.media/rehash, by tipping on Farcaster or Zora (links below), or by building ethevacuations into a split for an NFT project you’re managing.

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LINKS

• Ethevacuations: https://ethevacuations.xyz/
• Farcaster $DEGEN tips: https://warpcast.com/katalunia
• Zora $ENJOY tips: https://zora.co/collect/zora:0xa4c5b777ed34a924c83a3a8b9e29b484dc1da654/3

TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro

2:05 Kat’s background

5:25 Why fundraise with crypto?

8:03 Would Kat’s work have been possible without crypto?

8:31 Challenges around off ramping with crypto

9:40 Converting crypto to fiat for humanitarian aid

10:24 How much money has Kat raised through ethevacuations?

12:39 Reaction from crypto community to support humanitarian aid

13:24 Kat’s recommendations for handling sensitive conversations about Palestine

21:35 Is it easier to send crypto or fiat overseas?

22:55 Good use cases for crypto in international humanitarian aid

25:20 What Kat wished the mainstream knew about crypto and the positive impact it can have on the world

27:20 How can people support Kat’s work?

29:44 Follow Kat

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