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Well, here’s something that’s likely to anger a few environmentalists in the coming weeks. A new report issued by the New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) says that bitcoin and crypto mining are only likely to contribute to about 0.9 percent of global carbon emissions in the coming future. Crypto Mining Isn’t That Bad, According to New Report The topic of crypto mining has been a controversial one. Over the past several months, many high-ranking individuals with...

According to a recent study conducted by Bloomberg, the amount of energy used for crypto and bitcoin mining purposes in 2021 already outdoes all the energy used in 2020, and we’re not even three quarters of the way through the year. Crypto Mining Is Using a Lot of Electricity Some environmentalists are taking this as a bad sign. It suggests that people are not only mining more but may be increasing the carbon footprint that already stems from the mining industry. So far...

It looks like China is still not done clamping down on the crypto mining space. Another region known as the Hebei province has agreed to comply with Beijing’s ruling that all crypto mining should be omitted from China’s workforce. The province is now claiming that the practice is illegal and must end within its borders no later than September 30. China Is Still Kicking Miners Out China shocked the world not too long ago when it decided that all crypto mining should...

Argo Blockchain – a crypto mining company stationed in London – has borrowed more than 18 million pounds from Galaxy Digital, the hedge fund run by crypto mogul and billionaire investor Mike Novogratz. The purpose? To establish a new mining project in Texas that runs entirely on green energy. Argo Blockchain Has Set Its Sights on Texas The argument for green energy in the crypto mining sector has grown exponentially over the past few months. There are many statements...

Sam Bankman-Fried – the man in charge of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange – has engaged in an online Twitter feud with Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren after the former presidential hopeful claimed that energy usage in the bitcoin community was contributing to the death of the planet. Elizabeth Warren Doesn’t Like Bitcoin Mining Warren – still under the impression that people are paying attention to her – tweeted a New York Times article claiming that the amount of...

Two siblings have learned a lot about bitcoin mining over the past few months and are now putting their knowledge to good use. 14-year-old Ishaan Thakur and his nine-year-old sister Aanya have apparently been earning more than $30,000 per month mining the world’s number one digital currency. Ishaan and Aanya Have Become Mining Moguls In a recent interview, Ishaan states: We started because we wanted to learn something new about technology – and also make some money along...

Cryptocurrency miners from China are now beginning to set up shop in neighboring countries such as Russia and Kazakhstan. As a result, they are coming back online to extract new bitcoin units, and they are again presenting serious competition to miners in the United States and other bitcoin havens. Miners in China Are Setting Up Shop Elsewhere Not long ago, Beijing ruled that all mining in China was to be banned, claiming that the hazards of bitcoin mining were simply...

Jack Dorsey has proven himself to be a major bitcoin fan over the years. Now, he is taking that fandom to a whole new level. Jack Dorsey Is “Trying” Mining The man behind both Twitter – one of the largest social media platforms in the world – and Square, a digital payments platform, announced that he is trying his hand at bitcoin mining. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who has been monitoring Dorsey’s bitcoin career, as the man was one of the first...

Crypto mining firm Argo Blockchain has become the first official company of its kind to release a climate plan to carry it through the future. Argo Blockchain Is Looking to Be More Environmentally Friendly The idea of crypto mining is necessary to ensure digital blockchains are consistently supplied with new tokens. However, the process has been quite controversial over the past few months given that it is allegedly causing irreversible damage to the planet according to...

Clean Spark Inc., a “clean” bitcoin mining firm, says it has obtained a second data center in the town of Norcross, Georgia. The move is designed to boost the amount of bitcoin and crypto the company extracts from the blockchain, and the new center encompasses approximately 87,000 square feet. Clean Spark Buys Into Bitcoin Even More Clean Spark is now expected to extract as much as 18 new bitcoin units per day. The new data center was formerly a Sprint/Nextel firm....