Energy

Renewable Crypto Mining in the Italian Alps
Renewable Crypto Mining in the Italian Alps
As part of CoinDesk’s Mining Week content, Regulatory Reporter for Europe Sandali Handagama explains how crypto mining firms like the Alps Blockchain are using renewable hydro...
Renewable Crypto Mining in the Italian Alps

Global Energy Price Jump Impact on Bitcoin Hashrate
Global Energy Price Jump Impact on Bitcoin Hashrate
“All About Bitcoin” Host Christine Lee presents data from Glassnode illustrating the difficulty of mining a bitcoin block, otherwise known as the hashrate, which dropped 0.35%...
Global Energy Price Jump Impact on Bitcoin Hashrate

How Much Electricity Does Bitcoin Mining Actually Use?
How Much Electricity Does Bitcoin Mining Actually Use?
Christine Lee presents data illustrating the environmental impact of the Bitcoin network, looking specifically at global energy consumption and regional carbon emissions. As r...
How Much Electricity Does Bitcoin Mining Actually Use?

The Debate on Whether or Not China’s Crypto Mining Ban Is Worsening Bitcoin’s Environmental Impact
The Debate on Whether or Not China’s Crypto Mining Ban Is Worsening Bitcoin’s Environmental Impact
A new study published in Joule claims that bitcoin’s environmental impact has worsened since China’s 2021 ban on cryptocurrency mining because miners moved their operations to...
The Debate on Whether or Not China’s Crypto Mining Ban Is Worsening Bitcoin’s Environmental Impact

Impact of China's Crypto Crackdown on Global Mining Industry
Impact of China’s Crypto Crackdown on Global Mining Industry
Peter Wall, CEO of Argo Blockchain, and Tanya Woods, General Counsel Regulatory Affairs EVP at Hut 8, discuss their views on how China’s crypto bans could have affected mining...
Impact of China's Crypto Crackdown on Global Mining Industry

Crypto Community Continues Reacting to China’s Sweeping Crypto Ban
Crypto Community Continues Reacting to China’s Sweeping Crypto Ban
With continuing fallout from China, CoinDesk’s Christie Harkin reviews the week’s events out of China that potentially impacted the price of bitcoin and the wider crypto marke...
Crypto Community Continues Reacting to China’s Sweeping Crypto Ban

El Salvador Mines First Bitcoin With Volcanic Energy
El Salvador Mines First Bitcoin With Volcanic Energy
“The Hash” team reacts to El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, revealing the country has officially mined the first bitcoin using volcanic energy. With almost 22% of the countr...
El Salvador Mines First Bitcoin With Volcanic Energy

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Bitcoin Mining Firm Compass Inks Deal With Nuclear Microreactor Company Oklo
Salvadoran volcanoes aren't the only novel source of power in the bitcoin mining industry.
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Why Tech Giants Are Racing to Buy Up Renewable Energy
Why Tech Giants Are Racing to Buy Up Renewable Energy
Amazon and other tech giants are accelerating the race to buy up renewable energy, according to a Wall Street Journal report. “The Hash” hosts discuss the race to reduce emiss...
Why Tech Giants Are Racing to Buy Up Renewable Energy

Could the Heat and Feared Blackouts in Parts of the U.S. Affect Bitcoin Mining Operations?
Could the Heat and Feared Blackouts in Parts of the U.S. Affect Bitcoin Mining Operations?
Texas and other U.S. states across the West are facing energy grid shortfalls this summer as severe drought reduces the amount of water available for hydroelectric power gener...
Could the Heat and Feared Blackouts in Parts of the U.S. Affect Bitcoin Mining Operations?