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Bitcoin Mining Can Prevent Climate Change
Daniel Batten is a climate tech investor, author, analyst and environmental campaigner who previously founded and led his own tech company. 2022 has changed everything that we in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) sector thought we knew about Bitcoin. We thought it was a net negative for the environment. We could not have been more wrong. It turns out that Bitcoin mining has the potential to avoid an astonishing 0.15°C of global warming. This is true because Bitcoin is the only technology that’s available, practical and scalable when it comes to tackling the world’s most deadly greenhouse gas of […]
Bitcoin billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried bails out embattled crypto firms BlockFi and Voyager
Bitcoin Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of FTX US Derivatives, testifies during the House Agriculture Committee hearing titled Changing Market Roles: The FTX Proposal and Trends in New Clearinghouse Models, in Longworth Building on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images With no central bank willing to come to the rescue, beleaguered crypto companies are turning to their peers for help. Billionaire crypto exchange boss Sam Bankman-Fried has signed deals to bail out two firms in as many weeks: BlockFi, a quasi-bank, and Voyager Digital, a digital asset brokerage. FTX, Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange, agreed Tuesday to […]
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ProShares Debuts First Short Bitcoin ETF [BITI]
ProShares is all set to unveil its first short bitcoin-linked ETF in the United States under the ticker BITI. The new fund will go live on the New York Stock Exchange NYSE. According to the press release, BITI will provide investors a chance to profit from Bitcoin’s price dip or protect market exposure with the convenience of an ETF. Speaking of the new launch, ProShares CEO Michael L. Sapir stated, “As recent times have shown, bitcoin can drop in value. BITI affords investors who believe that the price of bitcoin will drop an opportunity to potentially profit or hedge their […]
RPG Cast – Episode 616: “Garland Does It His Way”
Cryptocurrency RPGamer has been covering RPGs since 1998, with the current version of the site launched in 2018. Due to the wholesale change in our back-end and systems only certain content created from 2018 onwards has been carried over to our new site. However, all of our older content can still be found at archive.rpgamer.com. Streaming Schedule Watch live on twitch.tv/rpgamer (all times Eastern) Monday 9:30pm — JCServant Plays Tuesday 11am — TAM in the AM 1:30pm — HerrFrog Plays 6:30pm — Scar Plays Classics 9:30pm — JCServant Plays Wednesday 9:30pm — JCServant Plays 12am — Q&A Quest Thursday 11am […]
Crypto staking must be regulated along with Bitcoin, demands first major supervisor
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Bitcoin bounces back after falling to new 2022 lows over the weekend
Cryptocurrency Bitcoin continues to trade around the $20,000 mark, keeping investors on edge about where the price is going next. Nurphoto | Getty Images Bitcoin jumped on Monday, after the cryptocurrency fell below its 2017 high over the weekend, but investors remained on edge thanks to a slew of negative crypto headlines and macro factors keeping pressure on sentiment. The world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap climbed above the $20,000 mark for much of the day Monday. However, it last edged lower by less than 1% to $20,005.46, according to Coin Metrics. Over the weekend, bitcoin fell as low as […]
ProShares is launching a short bitcoin ETF this week
A Bitcoin coin lies on a screen showing the Bitcoin – US dollar exchange rate. Fernando Gutierrez-Juarez | picture alliance | Getty Images Eight months after establishing the first U.S. bitcoin futures ETF, ProShares plans to launch the first short bitcoin-linked ETF on Tuesday in the U.S., the provider of investment products announced Monday. The ProShares Short Bitcoin Strategy, which will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker BITI, is designed to give investors a way to profit from declines in the price of the cryptocurrency. It will have an expense ratio of 0.95%. Bitcoin fell to […]
