Bitcoin Mining Gets Cleaner As U.S. Lawmakers Call for More Transparency
The Bitcoin Mining Council (BMC) published the results of their Q2, 2022, a survey on the state of the sector, its electricity consumption, and technological efficiency. The nonprofit organization claims it has collected data from 50% of the BTC network which represents over 107 exahash of the total hashrate. Related Reading | Bitcoin Hashrate Downtrend Leads […]
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Twenty-three U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase oversight of cryptocurrency’s environmental impacts. “We request that the EPA evaluate ‘Proof-of-Work’ mining facilities’ compliance with environmental statutes,” they said.
Lawmakers Want More Oversight of Bitcoin Mining Industry
U.S. Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA) and 22 other Congress members jointly sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan regarding cryptocurrency mining operations....
US lawmakers continue to call for the release of the detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan. The ongoing saga between the crypto exchange and the Nigerian authorities intensified when several US Congress members sent a letter urging the Biden administration to take action. Related Reading: ‘More Bullish Than Ever’: Circle CEO Explains Why He’s Optimistic About […]
Earth Day 2022 is a good day to highlight how crypto mining operations have begun to naturally gravitate towards cheaper and cleaner energy sources. April 22 is Earth Day and with environmental sustainability one of the key topics in the global debate surrounding Bitcoin mining, analysts say the industry has begun to naturally gravitate towards cleaner and cheaper energy sources.According to a January report by the Bitcoin Mining Council, by Q4 2021, the global Bitcoin mining industry ran on an estimated 58.5% renewable energy.The preference for clean energy is due to a combination of....
Bitcoin is a perpetual motion machine. The Bitcoin hashrate is slowly climbing to pre-China-ban levels, and the service continued uninterrupted without a hiccup. Such is the power of well-placed incentives. Pantera Capital’s CEO Dan Morehead adds one more factor to the equation. “The bitcoin network has recovered 68% of the drop in hashrate that our difficulty model attributed to China’s ban—likely in places with cleaner energy.” The recovery is happening exactly as forecast. The #bitcoin network has recovered 68% of the drop in hashrate that our difficulty model attributed to....
Fund manager Viridi Funds has launched the first focused Bitcoin crypto mining investment product. Called the Viridi Cleaner Energy Crypto Mining & Semiconductor ETF (RIGZ), the product will be traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Launched as an actively managed ETF, Viridi will invest in crypto mining companies and mining infrastructure industries, according […]