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AI companies eye fossil fuels to meet booming energy demand

By Mack DeGeurin

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AI

Crypto scammers flooded YouTube with sham SpaceX Starship livestreams

By Andrew Paul

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Cryptocurrency

NASA is headed for the moon next week, and it’s bringing lots of weird stuff

By Andrew Paul

Best VPNs for Crypto
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The best VPNs for crypto trading in 2024

By Steven T. Wright

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Cryptocurrency

US crypto firms might soon pay taxes for exorbitant energy use

By Andrew Paul

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Cryptocurrency

A Bitcoin Easter egg has been buried in macOS since 2018

By Andrew Paul

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Cryptocurrency

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested and charged with fraud

By Andrew Paul

Your questions about FTX’s meltdown and crypto’s bad year, answered
Cryptocurrency

Your questions about FTX’s meltdown and crypto’s bad year, answered

By Harry Guinness

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Cryptocurrency

Georgia man pleads guilty to stealing over $3 billion in Bitcoin

By Andrew Paul

Bitcoin is so energy-intensive some companies are locating mining sites on oil wells.
Climate Change

Bitcoin’s steep environmental costs go beyond its hunger for energy

By Miyo McGinn

Why Bitcoin won’t go green any time soon
Cryptocurrency

Why Bitcoin won’t go green any time soon

By Harry Guinness

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Cryptocurrency

Ethereum finally completed ‘The Merge’

By Andrew Paul

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Cryptocurrency

Crypto scammers duped YouTube audiences with fake Apple Event ‘livecast’

By Andrew Paul

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Cryptocurrency

‘The Merge’ is happening. Here’s what that means for those in crypto.

By Harry Guinness

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Cryptocurrency

The US government just teased its instant payment system for 2023

By Andrew Paul

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Climate Change

In Texas, a strained grid braces for more crypto mining

By Thor Benson

Carbon offsets such as credits have problems that critics wonder if crypto companies can actually solve.
Cryptocurrency

Crypto companies are getting into carbon credits. But can they actually help the climate?

By Kristine Liao

Why are there so many cryptocurrency scams?
Cryptocurrency

Why are there so many cryptocurrency scams?

By Yaniv Hanoch and Stacey Wood / The Conversation

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Cryptocurrency

Jamaica is the latest nation to dive into digital currencies

By Colleen Hagerty

We’re sorry to report that NFTs are coming to Instagram
Cryptocurrency

We’re sorry to report that NFTs are coming to Instagram

By Harry Guinness

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