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How the Bitcoin Industry Is Responding to Wall Street's ESG Concerns

“They are doing it out of the sense of survival,” said John Reed Stark, former chief of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Internet Enforcement.

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Markets

Mining Council: We Must Counter 'Misinformation' About Bitcoin's Environmental Damage

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor said the problem isn't bitcoiners but those negative headlines about mining.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor.

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FalconX CEO: US Institutional Investors Showing ‘Very Cautious Optimism’ for Crypto Markets

Raghu Yarlagadda, CEO of FalconX, says his platform is seeing optimistic institutional investors. But they’re investing differently: They’re buying ether, which Yarlagadda attributes to “ESG concerns.” Yarlagadda joins “First Mover” to share his thoughts on the state of the crypto markets and where it could go next.

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Ark's Cathie Wood: 'ESG Movement' Behind Recent Crypto Declines

During a keynote discussion at Consensus 2021, Ark Investment Management CEO Cathie Wood breaks down how the ESG movement and Elon Musk are to blame for the recent 50% drop in the crypto market. Wood predicts though, Musk could be a positive force for the bitcoin and environment conversation in the long term.

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ARK Invest's Cathie Woods Blames Bitcoin's Drop on 'ESG Movement'

There is much speculation about what caused the recent drop in bitcoin's price. ARK Invest's Cathie Woods says she thinks the crash has more to do with the ESG investing movement and the ongoing environmental debate about crypto's energy usage. "The Hash" panel breaks down Woods' interview at Consensus 2021.

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Markets

Bitcoin ESG Concerns Might Slow Institutional Adoption, for Now

Two of the hottest trends in institutional investing – bitcoin adoption and environmental, social and governance factors – are suddenly colliding.

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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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