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Shanghai hard fork won’t fix crypto’s big problem

Last night the Ethereum blockchain severed its links to crypto mining. Codenamed ‘Shanghai’, ...

$50m backing for sustainable blockchain GRNGrid

The GRN Association has secured $50 million investment for the GRNGrid project from GEM Digital, a v...

Climate groups urge Bitcoin to ‘cut pollution & bulls***’

Environmental groups have intensified pressure on Bitcoin to follow Ethereum’s move to a proof-of-...

Ignoring crypto environmental damage a ‘grave mistake’

Cryptocurrency mining must be made less energy-intensive to limit the impact on the climate, accordi...

Adam Neumann’s Flowcarbon project ‘paused indefinitely’

A blockchain startup founded by billionaire Adam Neumann to tokenise carbon credits has been put on ...

E-Stablecoin ‘can transmit electricity without wires’

Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have devised a physics-based cryptocurrency ...

Ousted WeWork founder raises $70m for blockchain carbon startup

The founder of WeWork has raised $70 million for a blockchain startup focused on carbon. Billiona...

$1.4tr investor says cryptocurrency is ‘portfolio kryptonite’

The latest crypto collapse - in large part driven by poor design of so-called stablecoin UST - highl...

Crypto donations platform launches carbon offset programme

Pledge, a fundraising platform for crypto donations, has introduced a carbon offset initiative. I...

What are the most valuable and sustainable eco crypto coins?

Investors and governments are growing increasingly concerned about the environmental impact of crypt...