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    How EAT Fights Hunger: Crypto for Good, Explained

    The mission in three short videos: what EAT is, the goal of one billion meals, and the six trillion dollars that runs through debit cards every year.

    By Aaron Rafferty·WYDE Newsroom· 1 min read
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    How EAT Fights Hunger: Crypto for Good, Explained

    EAT is a different way to fund the fight against hunger, built so everyday attention and everyday spending pay for real meals, without another donation ask. Here's the mission in three short videos.

    How does EAT use crypto for good?

    EAT turns normal activity, trading and spending, into funding for verified hunger-relief organizations. No guilt-trip ask, just structure that routes money to meals.

    What is the goal? One billion meals

    The first target is one billion meals funded. It's big on purpose, because the need is big, and the model is built to scale with it.

    Why debit cards? Six trillion dollars runs through them every year

    Around six trillion dollars moves through debit cards every year, and almost none of it does anything past the purchase. EAT puts a share of that flow to work funding meals.

    People also ask

    Can cryptocurrency actually fight hunger?
    Yes. EAT routes activity from trading and card spending into grants for verified hunger-relief organizations like Feed the Children, which turn those grants into meals.

    How does EAT fund meals?
    Exchange trading fees flow to the WYDE Association, which grants to verified hunger-relief partners. The card adds a second engine that grows the mission and pulls more people in.

    How many meals has EAT funded?
    More than 57,900 so far, on the way to a first goal of one billion.

    What is a cause coin?
    A token built so its activity funds a real cause. EAT is the first one, pointed at ending hunger. More here.

    EAT is in early beta. Get on the card list at eat.ong/card.

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