Peter Wall, CEO of Argo, joins Moritz Seibert, CEO/CIO of Munich Re Investment Partners and co-founder at TwoQuants.com, to discuss crypto mining, its carbon footprint, sustainable power management, and the institutional adoption of green cryptocurrencies coming out of the space. Wall describes Argo as being focused on access to power and access to machines—with that, [...]
As outlined in part 1 of this article, Bitcoin mining uses a lot of power, and because this power isn’t 100% renewable, Bitcoin has a carbon footprint. That’s a fact. A lot of the criticism that’s directed at Bitcoin is based on the assumption that it’s useless. A digital mirage which neither has substance [...]
One year ago, on 23 March 2020, the S&P 500 closed at 2,237 index points. Today, it's at 3,913 - an almost 75% increase in value. Meanwhile, the Nasdaq 100 has rallied from a low of 7,000 to about 12,800 today, up 83%. In Europe, the Eurostoxx 50 is up 60%, and in Japan [...]
According to Digiconomist, Bitcoin’s (BTC) annual carbon footprint equals that of Switzerland (40 Mt CO2) because running its network is power-intensive, consuming approximately as much power as Finland requires in a single year (85 TWh). The numbers for Ethereum (ETH) are smaller (14 Mt CO2, which is about the same as the annual CO2 [...]
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