Blockchain’s positive impact on sustainable development: Solana Breakpoint
Blockchain technology is having a tangible positive influence on environmental stewardship through innovative projects that are retiring carbon credits, generating staking yields to support ecological initiatives and incentivizing communities to monitor and protect natural resources.Cointe ...
Dramatic Decline in Bitcoin Ordinals NFT Activity Sparks Concerns
DappRadar has pointed to an “alarming plunge” in Bitcoin Ordinals nonfungible token (NFT) user activity, with trading volumes tanking around a whopping 98% since May. In an Aug. 17 report, DappRadar highlighted its data showing that the total Bitcoin Ordinals sales volume had decreased from peak ...
The Agenda podcast chats with Energy Web on how to fight climate change with the help of blockchain
This summer, parts of the United States are wilting under a multimonth stretch of sweltering heat, and data suggests that summer temperatures will continue to creep up in the coming years. The planet is on what seems to be a pretty clear path to soon reaching 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming for th ...
Play, shop and trade for a greener planet: This project offers new ways to combat climate change
Bitcoin (BTC) mining is estimated to emit 65.4 megatons of CO2 annually. This is the conclusion reached in 2021 by a group of climate and economic researchers in Europe in the report “Revisiting Bitcoin’s carbon footprint.” This emission is comparable to the carbon footprint of an entire c ...
Marathon Digital and Zero Two to establish bitcoin mining farms in Abu Dhabi
Mining company Marathon Digital Holdings has partnered with digital asset infrastructure firm Zero Two to set up two mining farms in Abu Dhabi. According to a statement from Marathon Digital, there will initially be two bitcoin mining facilities, with a total capacity of ...