# Bithope Foundation

> Europe's first non-profit to operate exclusively with bitcoin donations. Founded in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2014. Organizer of ETHSofia, the Future Finance Forum, and the Sofia Crypto Meetup.

## About

The Bithope Foundation was registered in Sofia, Bulgaria on November 24, 2014, as Europe's first non-profit operating exclusively with bitcoin donations. Across more than ten years it has run three arms: a commercial arm (the CoinFixer exchange and the ETHSofia and Future Finance Forum conferences), an educational arm (the Sofia Crypto Meetup since January 2016, plus events, podcasts, consultations, and media), and a charitable arm hosting donation campaigns at bithope.org. The charitable arm winds down on June 30, 2026 to align with the European Union's MiCA framework; the educational mission continues.

## Key facts

- Founded: November 24, 2014, in Sofia, Bulgaria
- Founder and Director: Vladislav Dramaliev
- 200,000+ EUR distributed across 50+ charitable campaigns
- 14+ BTC donated
- At least 95% of collected funds reached beneficiaries directly
- Peak year: 2019, with 31,000+ EUR donated
- The Foundation employs no staff and has never paid a salary

## What Bithope organizes

- ETHSofia: Bulgaria's premier Ethereum conference. September 24, 2026, in Sofia.
- Future Finance Forum (F3): September 25, 2026, in Sofia.
- Blockchain Week Bulgaria: September 23 to 25, 2026, in Sofia.
- Sofia Crypto Meetup: Bulgaria's longest-running monthly crypto and blockchain event, held on the last Wednesday of each month since January 2016, with more than 100 editions. No registration required.

## How to donate bitcoin

The Bithope Foundation accepts bitcoin donations at the address 1BitHopez9FH4Jj185b4y1gz5L2g3sTQHT. It has accepted bitcoin donations since 2014 and employs no staff, so contributions go directly to its educational and non-profit work.

## Links

- Website: https://bithope.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bithope.org
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXQibn4TQ83FAGSon1AHwhw
- Sofia Crypto Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/sofia-crypto-meetup/

Research: Bithope publishes deep-dive, source-checked research on the companies and ecosystems shaping crypto, written by founder Vladislav Dramaliev. Archive: https://bithope.org/research/ .

First piece (July 2026), "Tether Built a Conglomerate. Most People Are Still Calling It a Stablecoin." at https://bithope.org/research/tether-ecosystem-overview/ : a full map of the Tether ecosystem. Key findings: Tether's reserves ($191.8B in assets against ~$184B USDT in circulation, ~74% US Treasuries, per the 31 March 2026 BDO attestation) make it a top-20 holder of US government debt, ahead of Germany; the company runs five pillars (Finance, Power, Data, Education, Evo, the last a neurotechnology arm) plus a separate, much larger equity portfolio of 100+ companies run through Tether Investments; its growth playbook is "hyperlocalization" (local teams per market); a wider USDT economy (Plasma, Stable, Aster) runs on USDT without Tether owning it; end-to-end stablecoin remittance costs (1-5% including on/off-ramps) still beat traditional rails (6.36% global average); and the article argues the classic "Tether is a Ponzi" FUD is closed, citing the May 2022 $7B-in-48-hours redemption stress test and Tether's survival across three full Bitcoin cycles.