Bitcoin

Financial giants have invested $1.5bn in dirty Bitcoin mining – Greenpeace

American Express, BlackRock, CitiGroup, Fidelity, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard, Vanguard and Visa have collectively invested $1.5bn in Bitcoin mining,…

First-ever certification for sustainable Bitcoin mining

A standardised energy measurement system for sustainable Bitcoin mining has been launched by Energy Web, an independent non-profit dedicated to…

The path to green crypto

The sight of a forlorn and dishevelled Sam Bankman-Fried, former CEO of one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, being…

How bad is bitcoin really for the environment?

Alex de Vries has received a lot of hate for saying that bitcoin is bad for the environment. A Google…

Ukraine-Russia war puts limelight back on bitcoin – and its carbon footprint

Bitcoin prices jumped by 13% on Tuesday on the back of new Western sanctions on Russia for its invasion of…

Bitcoin: Friend or foe of the clean energy transition?

The price of one bitcoin hit a record $44,000 on Monday, after Tesla entrepreneur Elon Musk bought $1.5bn of the…