As Bitcoin Companies Make The Industry Green, Investors Will See The Light

As Bitcoin Companies Make The Industry Green, Investors Will See The Light

As companies like Ninepoint and Greenridge have demonstrated, Bitcoin is going green. And this will attract more institutional investors.Ninepoint Partners, a Toronto-based investment firm managing $8 billion in assets, and Greenidge Generation, a New York-based power provider and bitcoin mining company, have each announced that they will be using carbon offsets to compensate for any carbon emissions resulting from their operations, signaling the growth of a significant new trend for the industry.Carbon offsets allow companies like Ninepoint and Greenidge to pay for a reduction in carbon....


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