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Climate Company Flowcarbon Raises $70M Through A16z-Led Round, Sale of Carbon-Backed Token
24.5.2022
Flowcarbon, a technology company aimed at bringing carbon credits to the blockchain, raised $70 million through a fundraising round and the sale of its Goddess Nature Token (GNT)
Go green or die? Bitcoin miners aim for carbon neutrality by mining near data centers
10.5.2022
Bitcoin mining companies must prove carbon neutrality as new regulations come to play, but are carbon offsets enough?
US Lawmakers Call for More Oversight of Cryptocurrency’s Environmental Impacts
24.4.2022
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...
Green finance needs voluntary carbon markets that work
23.4.2022
Carbon markets turn CO2 emissions into a commodity or tradable asset by giving it a price. Blockchain and smart contracts will improve those markets
Bitso to Offset Carbon Emissions From the Trading Platform’s BTC, ETH, ERC20 Transactions
22.4.2022
On Friday, the Latin American cryptocurrency platform Bitso announced that the company plans to offset carbon emissions from its bitcoin and ERC20 token transactions carried out on the platform. Bitso is partnering with the carbon offset platform Moss.Earth in order to curb the crypto...
Gas-to-Bitcoin Mining Firm Crusoe Energy Systems Raises $505 Million
22.4.2022
On Thursday, the bitcoin mining and flare gas mitigation firm Crusoe Energy Systems Inc. revealed it secured $505 million in new capital from strategic investors. According to the announcement, the Series C equity funding round was led by the climate technology venture capital firm G2 Venture...
Algorand aims to convert network transaction fees into carbon offsets
21.4.2022
The smart contract will automatically allocate part of the Algorand blockchain’s transaction fees to purchase carbon credits at the carbon offset marketplace ClimateTrade
Finance Redefined: MetaMask institutional offering, Polygon to go carbon neutral, and more
18.4.2022
In this week's DeFi newsletter we look at the growing market of Metamask, Polygon's pledge to go carbon neutral and more
Test základní desky MSI MPG Z690 Carbon WiFi. Oslní výkonem, zato barvičky můžete vypnout
17.4.2022
Základní desky střední třídy to mají těžké, protože zákazník může při oželení pár funkcí ušetřit několik tisíc, anebo za příplatek získat některé důležité
North Dakota hopes to double the $3B of clean crypto mining in the state
14.4.2022
North Dakota officials are luring in crypto mining companies to set up in the state. With $3B already invested, and with $3B said to be on the way, they're doing well so far
Polygon commits to going carbon neutral in 2022
12.4.2022
The network also pledged $20 million to offsetting their carbon footprint and fostering an industry wide movement
Swiss public exchange lists two new carbon-neutral crypto ETPs
11.4.2022
The BTCO2 and ETH2O ETPs seek to expose investors to the world's two most valuable cryptocurrencies while offsetting their carbon footprints
Heroes of Arcan Announces Community-Driven Heroic Fantasy Play-to-Earn Game
7.4.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Heroes of Arcan aims to create a play-to-earn game that offers players engaging, challenging peer-to-peer strategic gameplay backed by ethical, carbon-neutral blockchain technology. The play-to-earn revolution has catalyzed global change in blockchain and cryptocurrency markets, with...
Flowcarbon-Centrifuge Partnership Will Activate Carbon Finance
6.4.2022
flowcarbon, a climate tech firm based in New York, is partnering with Centrifuge, a well-established DeFi (decentralized finance) platform, to unleash the carbon finance project and scale the voluntary carbon market (VCM). Pools of forwarding contracts will be structured by flowcarbon – (Emission...
Marathon Digital moves Montana BTC mine to pursue carbon neutrality
6.4.2022
The Bitcoin miner’s push to make its facilities run on clean energy reflects a push in the industry for all mining operations to do the same, or to at least use flexible facilities
Gryphon and Sphere 3D merger scrapped but carbon-neutral mining continues
5.4.2022
The planned merger has been canceled but the two companies still have a good working relationship, aiming for carbon-neutrality in their mining operations
Crypto Carbon: Can Blockchain Networks Fix Carbon Offsets?
27.3.2022
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?
WDRL — Edition 297: Carbon footprint of ads, JS sorting, PHP the right way and using what we have.
17.3.2022
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EU’s ‘Bitcoin Ban’ Fell Short but Experts Still Have Ideas for Fixing Crypto’s Carbon Costs
15.3.2022
Projects like Filecoin Green and Zero Labs see crypto’s opportunity to drive major demand for renewable energy, while using blockchain tech to measure greener grids. But will big miners bite?
JustCarbon, Likvidi Launch Blockchain Markets for Carbon Credits
10.3.2022
The venture aims to bring cryptocurrency benefits to natural CO2-removal processes