Environment


Finance

Why MOBI’s Blockchain ESG Tests Matter

The organization’s recent partnership with trade group MEF is meant to help with large-scale projects like measuring tailpipe emissions.

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Finance

Warren Targets 6 More Crypto Miners for Their Energy Use

The crypto miners welcomed the dialogue on the environmental issues of mining with the Massachusetts senator.

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Finance

Cardano Reaches Goal of Planting 1M Trees

The Cardano Foundation is spearheading land restoration and local ecosystem development activities using the Cardano blockchain.

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Marchés

Volatility Ruled Crypto Markets in 2021, From $69K Bitcoin to Elon Musk’s ‘Dogecoin to the Moooonn’

NFTs exploded, Coinbase stock went public, El Salvador bought the dip and China cracked down on bitcoin miners, while Solana’s SOL tokens and Polygon’s MATIC shot up by multiples of 90 or more. Here’s how crypto traders played it.

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Finance

Gwyneth Paltrow-Backed Bitcoin Miner TeraWulf Plunges in Trading Debut

The environmentally sustainable miner recently raised funds from the actress and several other notable stars and entrepreneurs.

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Juridique

Crypto’s Carbon Footprint Could Hinder Adoption: Deutsche Bank

“Mining just one bitcoin consumes a larger carbon footprint than nearly 2 billion Visa transactions,” the bank said.

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Finance

Warren Targets Bitcoin Miner Greenidge’s Environmental Footprint

The Massachusetts senator sent a letter to the bitcoin miner asking for more details about the environmental impact of its mining operation.

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Technologies

Filecoin Might Have a Way for Bitcoin to Fight Its Energy Critics (if Miners Use It)

Did Filecoin just launch a tool to end the never-ending debate over bitcoin’s carbon footprint?

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Technologies

Hologram NFTs at Art Basel Miami Are Trying to Save the Oceans

Can NFTs be a vehicle for environmental action?

A female surfer walks down a beach in Mal Pais, Costa Rica. (Gabe LHeureux/Getty Images)

Finance

‘Probably Nothing’: Why People Still Hate Crypto

Backlash to Discord potentially integrating an Ethereum wallet shows how skeptical the greater public really is.

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