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ForkLog 6 18.10.2021

New York coalition calls for ban on mining at ‘dirty’ fossil-fuel plants

A coalition of businesses, organisations and labour groups in New York state sent authorities a letter asking them to deny permits to upgrade fossil-fuel-fired power plants into cryptocurrency mining centres.

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ForkLog 30 14.10.2021

Stronghold Digital Mining to raise up to $106 million in Nasdaq IPO

American mining company Stronghold Digital Mining, focused on green energy, is set to raise $94-106 million from an IPO on Nasdaq. The data are in the SEC filing. Investors will be offered 5.9 million shares at a price range of $16-18. The underwriters will have an option to acquire an additional 882,000 shares. The bookrunner is Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.

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ForkLog 22 12.10.2021

Ripple and Nelnet to create a $44 million fund for green-energy investments

Ripple announced a partnership with Nelnet's financial services division to reduce the carbon emissions of the cryptocurrency industry.

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ForkLog 20 11.10.2021

U.S. senator proposes using natural gas for Bitcoin mining

Senator Ted Cruz proposed using energy produced in oil and gas extraction to mine the first cryptocurrency.

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ForkLog 27 08.10.2021

Boston Dynamics’ Spot robots deployed in cleanup of nuclear waste at Chernobyl

Scientists from the University of Bristol will train robots, including Boston Dynamics' Spot, to interact with radioactive waste. For this, they visited some of the most contaminated sites at the Chernobyl NPP.

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ForkLog 27 27.09.2021

Singapore-based startup tokenises carbon credits from a Chinese wind-energy project

The Singapore-based startup Cyberdyne Tech Exchange (CTX) has completed the first tranche of tokens backed by carbon credits from a wind-energy project in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province.

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ForkLog 12 17.09.2021

Researchers compare the electronic waste of a single Bitcoin transaction to the disposal of two iPhones

One Bitcoin transaction generates electronic waste weighing as much as two iPhone 12 minis. Economists at the Dutch Central Bank and MIT reached this conclusion in a joint report.

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ForkLog 49 09.09.2021

Blockstream to expand green Bitcoin mining with Macquarie

Blockstream has formed a partnership with Australian investment bank Macquarie. The companies will launch a US pilot project for carbon-neutral Bitcoin mining.

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ForkLog 27 07.09.2021

CEO of NorNickel’s palladium fund explains tokenisation of precious and base metals – interview

In an exclusive ForkLog interview, Global Palladium Fund CEO Alexander Stoyanov spoke about foreign investors' interest in their projects, attitudes toward current regulation of digital assets in Russia, and the role of blockchain in increasing transparency in heavy industry.

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ForkLog 10 30.08.2021

Canadian firm to plant trees to offset carbon footprint of Bitcoin ETF

Accelerate Financial Technologies has pledged to plant 3,450 trees for every CAD 1 million ($790,000) invested in its carbon-negative Bitcoin ETF. This will reduce CO2 emissions by 1,000 tonnes, Bloomberg reports.

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ForkLog 22 04.08.2021

SkyBridge offsets the carbon footprint of its bitcoin holdings

SkyBridge Capital, led by Anthony Scaramucci, has entered into a partnership with MOSS Earth to purchase and retire tokens representing roughly 38,436 tonnes of carbon emissions.

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ForkLog 19 28.07.2021

Stronghold Digital Mining to raise $105 million in Nasdaq IPO

An American mining company, Stronghold Digital Mining, focused on green energy, expects to raise $105 million following a Nasdaq IPO.

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