From reddit:

bryanmicon 1 point 6 minutes ago
(guess I have to make everything a Bitcoin discussion)

Note that the law firm I've retained, Chessnoff & Schonfeld, only take fiat currency. It is worth noting that I started a GoFundMe so that I could collect fiat currency, in that my personal safety and the safety of my family is at stake, fiat is more useful to me for this particular matter.

While I'll be bangin' Bitcoin until I die, and we've come a very, very long way, it's always important to take a realistic look at the world economy and not let our love of the blockchain make us exaggerate.

As a marketing guy you always are tempted to paint the rosiest picture, but I like taking a realistic approach.
In an ironic twist, he wants his donations in regular currency, not bitcoin.