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Canadian Musician Grimes Reveals ‘Intergalactic Children’s Metaverse Book’ at Avalanche Summit

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At the Avalanche Summit in Barcelona, the Canadian musician and record producer Grimes announced she plans to launch an “intergalactic children’s metaverse book.” Grimes’ children’s metaverse book project is part of a $100 million initiative started by the Avalanche Foundation and…

MiCA Amendments Proposed Last Minute Revive Threat of EU Ban on Bitcoin, Report Reveals

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Changes to the EU’s MiCA proposal to regulate crypto markets, suggested shortly before a vote on the package, indicate a bitcoin ban is still a possibility. Despite recently removing wording that would have prohibited coins with energy-intensive mining, some members of…

President of Central Bank of Peru Criticizes Crypto, Citing Lack of Intrinsic Value and Climate Change

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Julio Velarde, the president of the Central Bank of Peru, attacked the value of cryptocurrencies and referred to negative effects they are said to have on the environment. In a recent interview with local media, Velarde said the Bank did not…

KPMG in Canada Makes First Direct Crypto Investment — Adds Bitcoin, Ether to Corporate Treasury

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KPMG in Canada has added bitcoin and ether to its corporate treasury in what the company called a “first-of-its-kind investment.” KPMG said: “This investment reflects our belief that institutional adoption of crypto assets and blockchain technology will continue to grow and…

Bitcoin Mining Report Shows Network’s Emissions Account for 0.08% of the World’s CO2

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During the last year, Bitcoin — the cryptocurrency network that leverages proof-of-work (PoW) to process transactions and secure the protocol — has received a lot of criticism about its environmental impact. Ta teden, the cryptocurrency firm Coinshares published a report that…

Regulator ponovno poziva k prepovedi rudarjenja z dokazom o delu v EU

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The EU should prohibit proof-of-work crypto mining, an executive at the European securities watchdog has insisted. Coins relying on the energy-intensive method of minting pose a risk to efforts aimed at meeting climate change goals such as those set in the…

Dogecoin narašča, potem ko je Elon Musk objavil, da bo Tesla sprejela DOGE

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Dogecoin got a boost Tuesday morning when Elon Musk announced that Tesla will be accepting dogecoin for some products. Musk has just been named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year and said that DOGE is more suitable for transactions than bitcoin….

Salvadorski ekolog trdi, da se bo rudnik bitcoinov Nayiba Bukeleja, ki ga poganja vulkan, "končal z okoljsko katastrofo"

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Odrešenik’s leading ecologist Ricardo Navarro believes that mining bitcoin with a volcano, or geothermal energy, volja “end in environmental disaster.” Navarro believes geothermal energy costs more than oil, and thinks El Salvador’s millennial president Nayib Bukele’s decision is questionable. Salvadoran…

Marathon Expands Miner Deployment Deal With Compute North, Aims to Power 100K+ Miners With Renewables

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Marathon Digital Holdings, a Nasdaq-listed bitcoin mining-based company, has announced a new deal with Compute North, a data center service provider, to host more than 100,000 mining machines in its data centers. The deal is an expansion of an earlier deal…