Environment


Policy

Musk’s Tweets Swayed Some Investors on Bitcoin Environmental Concerns, Survey Shows

A survey shows some 49% of respondents said that “bitcoin being environmentally unfriendly" is an issue for them as an investor.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

Markets

Square to Invest $5M to Build Solar-Powered Bitcoin Mining Facility With Blockstream

The announcement comes as the environmental impact of mining for the world's largest cryptocurrency has come under intense scrutiny.

Square and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey

Markets

Bitcoin’s Bull Market ‘May Have Come to an End,’ Says MRB Partners

Some analysts expect limited upside in bitcoin despite the possibility of a brief bounce.

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Markets

Sam Bankman-Fried Says Bitcoin Mining Council Opens an ‘Interesting Can of Worms’

Hopefully it will clean up the "stupid dialogue going on about ESG," he said. "Not in the sense that ESG was stupid, but that the dialogue was."

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Finance

OneOf Raises $63M in Seed Funding to Build Music NFT Platform on Tezos

The firm says that by building on Tezos it can provide a more environmentally sustainable marketplace.

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Markets

Goldman’s Crypto Chief Worries About Fraud, but Not Cryptocurrency’s Future

The investment banking giant’s Mathew McDermott said the company would continue to expand its offerings in the cryptocurrency space to meet surging demand.

Goldman Sachs

Markets

Greenpeace Stops Accepting Bitcoin Donations, Cites High Energy Use

Friends of the Earth is reported to be reviewing the situation, too.

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Markets

Crypto Derivatives Exchange BitMEX Pledges to Become Carbon Neutral

The firm said it would pay a small percentage of fees to start offsetting carbon emissions.

BitMEX

Policy

Upstate NY Bitcoin Miner Greenidge to Offset Rigs' Carbon Emissions

The power station that sparked controversy over a bitcoin mining expansion plan will also invest in renewable energy projects.

Greenidge Mining center

Markets

Bitcoin’s Still a Buy, Despite Tesla, Says Bloomberg’s McGlone

Will the man who forecast bitcoin's price rise to $50K last year be heeded or ignored?

Some bitcoin mining facilities rely on coal-sourced energy outside of the rainy season.