environment

Business

Bitcoin mining

Bitcoin Mining's Sustainable Electricity Mix May Be Declining, Says Cambridge University Research Organization

The CCAF uses publicly available data to run a theoretical model to estimate the environmental footprint of bitcoin mining.

By Jamie Crawley

Sponsored

Sep 27, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. UTC

Sep 27, 2022

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Business

Funding

'Sustainable' GRNGrid Blockchain Gets $50M From Investment Firm GEM Digital

GRNGrid is a more environmentally friendly layer 1 tailored to decentralized finance.

By Brandy Betz

Sponsored

Sep 19, 2022 at 7:40 p.m. UTC

Sep 19, 2022

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Policy

Bitcoin

Environmental Groups to Spend Another $1M on Ads for Bitcoin Code Change After the Merge

The "Change the Code, Not the Climate" campaign is upping its efforts following Ethereum's switch to proof of stake.

By Eliza Gkritsi

Sponsored

Sep 15, 2022 at 2:48 p.m. UTC

Sep 15, 2022

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Policy

Proof-of-work

EU Lawmakers Vote Down Green Crypto Mining Study

The Green Party had pushed for research into mining techniques after failing to impose restrictions on bitcoin-style proof-of-work

By Jack Schickler

Sponsored

Aug 31, 2022 at 4:09 p.m. UTC

Aug 31, 2022

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Business

Bitcoin mining

Why Bit Digital Is Expanding Into Canada

Bit Digital Chief Strategy Officer Samir Tabar joined CoinDesk TV’s “All About Bitcoin,” to discuss the mining company’s bid to increase hosting capacity in Canada.

By Fran Velasquez

Sponsored

Aug 5, 2022 at 5:33 p.m. UTC

Aug 5, 2022

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Policy

Congress

US Congressional Group ‘Disturbed’ by Crypto Mining Energy Usage

The six Democratic lawmakers found that seven large crypto miners consume enough energy to power all the households in Houston, Texas.

By Aoyon Ashraf

Sponsored

Jul 15, 2022 at 4:38 p.m. UTC

Jul 15, 2022

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Policy

Mining

Republicans Seek to Counter Effort to Curtail Crypto Mining

The word of caution comes after Democrats warned a top environmental official in April about harms of digital assets mining.

By Jesse Hamilton

Sponsored

Jun 21, 2022 at 8:32 p.m. UTC

Jun 21, 2022

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Podcasts

Podcasts

Crypto News Roundup for June 9, 2022

With bitcoin’s price defending the $30K level, plus a look at how some environmentalists want to change the original cryptocurrency’s code, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.

By Adam B. LevineAdrian Blust

Sponsored

Jun 9, 2022 at 4:06 p.m. UTC

Jun 9, 2022

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Layer 2

Bitcoin

New York Mining 'Ban' Is a Green Opportunity

The state’s possible moratorium on new carbon-based mining could be seen as an opportunity.

By Daniel Kuhn

Sponsored

Jun 6, 2022 at 4:24 p.m. UTC

Jun 6, 2022

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Tech

Bitcoin mining

Inside the Environmentalist Campaign to Change Bitcoin’s Code

Campaigners explain why they’re convinced all it takes is support from a few powerful firms and people to change the fundamentals of Bitcoin.

By Eliza Gkritsi

Sponsored

Jun 4, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Jun 4, 2022

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