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Crypto Carbon: Can Blockchain Networks Fix Carbon Offsets?

A budding movement within the crypto industry says it can keep carbon out of the atmosphere by locking it on a blockchain. Can it succeed?

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Is Miner Concentration Once Again Jeopardizing Bitcoin? Not Exactly

The high percentage of hashrate now located in North America may look like China 2.0, but the reality is more complicated.

The bitcoin mining industry is concentrating in the U.S. (Melody Wang/CoinDesk)

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Can Crypto Miners Make the World Greener?

As it decarbonizes, the mining industry might help push energy producers to build more renewable power sources.

Bitcoin mining can soak up renewable energy that is hard to transmit or consume locally, giving a leg up to energy producers. (Yunha)

Policy

White House Wants Public Comments on Crypto’s Energy Use and Environmental Impact

The Office of Science and Technology Policy is crafting a report that will examine where crypto fits into the country’s climate goals.

The White House South Lawn, Washington DC, America (Joe Daniel Price/Getty Images)

Policy

A Casa Branca quer comentários públicos sobre o uso de energia e o impacto ambiental da Crypto

O Escritório de Política Científica e Tecnologia está elaborando um relatório que examinará onde a Cripto se enquadra nas metas climáticas do país.

The White House South Lawn, Washington DC, America (Joe Daniel Price/Getty Images)

Policy

La Casa Blanca quiere comentarios públicos sobre el uso de energía y el impacto ambiental de las criptomonedas

La Oficina de Regulación Científica y Tecnología está elaborando un informe que examinará dónde encajan las Cripto en los objetivos climáticos del país.

The White House South Lawn, Washington DC, America (Joe Daniel Price/Getty Images)

Policy

La Casa Bianca vuole commenti pubblici sull'uso energetico e sull'impatto ambientale delle criptovalute

L'Office of Science and Tecnologie Politiche sta elaborando un rapporto che esaminerà dove le Cripto si inseriscono negli obiettivi climatici del paese.

The White House South Lawn, Washington DC, America (Joe Daniel Price/Getty Images)

Videos

Catalysts for Bitcoin's Recent Price Rally

The "Week in Review" panel analyzes possible drivers for bitcoin's recent price rallies. Sovereign nations and institutional investors like Goldman Sachs and Bridgewater Associates have shown increased interest in digital assets. Plus, highlights from CoinDesk’s Mining Week content.

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Bitcoin Faces Next Resistance of $46K

CoinDesk Managing Editor for Markets Brad Keoun shares his price outlook for BTC as indicators suggest a short-term bullish run. Plus, Managing Editor for Tech Christie Harkin discusses the future of European crypto regulation as the EU's Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) bill moves forward without the controversial provision that targeted proof-of-work mining. 

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Finance

Greener Bitcoin Mining Could Be China’s ‘Trillion-Dollar Present’ to the US

Can change come fast enough for an ESG-embattled mining industry?

A Bitfury mine in Mo i Rana, Norway. The mine is 90% powered by hydroelectricity and employs five locals. (Bitfury)