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A Bitfarms mining facility in Washington state, U.S. (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Immersion Cooling Firm LiquidStack Secures Series B Funding to Build Manufacturing in U.S.

The company says it can reduce the carbon footprint and land and water use of bitcoin miners through its technology.

By Eliza Gkritsi

Mar 22, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 22, 2023

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TeraWulf Starts Nuclear-Powered Bitcoin Mining With Nearly 8,000 Rigs at Nautilus Facility

The miner also said it expects to reach 5.5 EH/s of computing power across its two sites by early in the second quarter.

By Eliza Gkritsi

Mar 6, 2023 at 3:33 p.m. UTC

Mar 6, 2023

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A view of the Suriname river from the Blauwe Berg. The small nation north of Brazil is home to a couple of projects trying to use blockchain to preserve the forest. (-JvL-/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

ReFi for the People: How Crypto Can Help Local Communities Help Their Ecosystems

A hyper-localized breed of regenerative finance hopes to use crypto not only to improve the world’s carbon footprint but improve lives’ of local communities.

By Eliza Gkritsi

Feb 24, 2023 at 3:12 p.m. UTC

Feb 24, 2023

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Bitcoin Miner Digihost Completes Controversial Power Plant Acquisition, Doubling Energy Capacity

Environmental groups oppose the transaction on the grounds that it impedes New York's greenhouse gas emissions goals.

By Eliza Gkritsi

Feb 8, 2023 at 11:58 a.m. UTC

Feb 8, 2023

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MakerDAO Constitution Would Fund Sustainability Efforts With 20K MKR Tokens From Reserves, Emissions

With “scientific sustainability” as a core principle, an early draft of the proposed Maker constitution would, if approved, play an active role in combating climate change by allocating $14 million worth of MKR tokens to its Scientific Sustainability Fund.

By Sage D. Young

Feb 3, 2023 at 8:14 p.m. UTC

Feb 3, 2023

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CDCROP: Green power button (Getty Images)

Consensus Magazine

Policy week

Instead of Slowing Innovation, Regulation May Drive Demand for ReFi

At the intersection of crypto and climate activism, the business community is seeking the power of regulation to spur adoption and action, writes sustainability advocate Boyd Cohen.

By Boyd Cohen

Jan 25, 2023 at 3:23 p.m. UTC

Jan 25, 2023

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Consensus Magazine

Crypto 2023

How Regenerative Finance Is Bringing Sustainability to Crypto

As the crypto industry surveys the ruins of 2022, it must refocus on its core promises and once again seek ways to add tangible and sustainable value.

By Phil Fogel

Dec 21, 2022 at 10:23 p.m. UTC

Dec 21, 2022

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CDCROP: A Near sign in Lisbon, Portugal (Zack Seward/CoinDesk)

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Near Foundation Joins Processed Foods Giant Grupo Nutresa to Unveil Web3 Loyalty Program in Latin America

It is the first open-source loyalty program using the Near protocol and aims to reach one million consumers throughout the region.

By Lyllah Ledesma

Nov 30, 2022 at 8:07 p.m. UTC

Nov 30, 2022

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Ideas 2022

Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol Wants to Make Bitcoin a Climate-Positive Asset

"I don’t think there’s ever been an asset before that would drive so much capital into sustainability," co-founder Bradford Van Voorhees told CoinDesk.

By Sage D. Young

Oct 13, 2022 at 3:32 p.m. UTC

Oct 13, 2022

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