A Bitcoin Mine In Navajo Nation Flares Tensions

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Just outside of Shiprock, New Mexico, on land belonging to the Navajo Nation, a Bitcoin mine owned and operated by a Canadian investment company consumes seven megawatts of power each month — enoug…

Watr launches ESG-oriented blockchain for commodities, partners with Algorand

With COP26 negotiations in full throw this week, the climate is probably the highest up the global agenda it’s ever been. And as the world slowly emerges from the global pandemic, more people are talking about re-writing the rules of trade, not just to unblock the clear inefficiencies made manifest by the Evergreen Suez-blocking debacle, […]

Ubisoft Is Getting Into The Blockchain Grift

At this point, we’re all just holding out hope that our favorite video game franchises aren’t getting into weird crypto shit. Sometimes, it’s a vain hope. In today’s second quarterly earnings report, Ubisoft said it is exploring blockchain for games. R…

中国では仮想通貨が「終わり」を迎えた： 調査結果から見えたマイナーたちの大移動の実態

中国人民銀行（中央銀行）が仮想通貨（暗号資産）の決済や関連サーヴィスを全面的に禁止したことで、中国におけるマイニングなどの活動が実質的に消滅したことが明らかになった。一方で、ビットコインのマイナー（採掘者）たちが大移動したことによる環境への影響の変化については、いまだ見通せない状況が続いている。
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Announcing the startups exhibiting at TC Sessions: SaaS 2021

You have less than a week to go before you dive headlong into TC Sessions: SaaS 2021. Expect a full day packed with presentations, panel discussions breakout sessions, Q&As, networking … and demos. Who doesn’t love demos? They’re the heart and soul of every TechCrunch event, and you can bet your last bitcoin we’ll have […]

Bitcoin Hits New All-Time High Above $65K

Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, has hit a new all-time high above $65,000. From a report: The crypto broke above its previous high of $64,889 reached in April. Bitcoin is currently changing hands for around $65,607…