Wall Street must be accountable for Bitcoin mining emissions — Greenpeace

The crypto and tech industry has seen a slew of staff cuts this week against a backdrop of difficult market conditions, though on a positive note, some are bucking the trend.Crypto companies, including crypto exchanges, venture capital firms and blockchain developers, have been forced to reduce headcount in order to stay nimble amid the bear…

The surge in crypto mining stocks was a relief for the industry after a crippling year, where public crypto miners incurred $4 billion in liabilities. 674 Total views 25 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTThe Bitcoin (BTC) price rebound to a multi-month high has also positively affected mining…

None of the twelve people to ever reach the lunar surface have reportedly carried any currency with them. 2791 Total views 10 Total shares Heavily pumped by Elon Musk’s tweets, Dogecoin may be the first cryptocurrency to literally reach the moon following an aborted launch of a SpaceX ship.The aerospace company attempted to launch its…

Call it counterintuitive, but blockchain could be considered less transparent now than the stock market. How so? Blockchains are apparently open, and anyone can see which token went where, after all. Well, yes and no. Blockchain is a forest, and a forest is the best place in the world to hide a leaf. We know…

While highly regarded even at the time of its writing, Marc Andreessen’s 2011 landmark essay, “Why Software Is Eating the World,” has proven even more prophetic than it seemed at the time. At the dawn of a decade when software would prove invaluable to nearly every aspect of modern life, Andreessen argued that every company…

Bitcoin (BTC) had a tremendous 2020 as the BTC price rallied by 311% in 2020. In the shadows of Bitcoin, Ether (ETH) has also been seeing a fantastic year as Ether’s price rallied by an even bigger 475%.  While only five days into the new year, ETH is continuing this trend. Bitcoin vs. Ether January 2021…

The Bitcoin network has mined block 800,000, with just 40,000 left to mine before the network’s next mining reward halving.The 800,000th block contained 3721 transactions at 1.64 megabytes, with the price of Bitcoin (BTC) trading at $29,815 on July 24, as market researcher Dylan LeClair noted on Twitter:#Bitcoin block 800,000. pic.twitter.com/Yw9c6klqbY— Dylan LeClair (@DylanLeClair_) July 24,…