A new Bitcoin mining pool set to launch in 2023 is aiming to provide an eco-friendly alternative to the industry’s notoriously high carbon footprint, using carbon offsets to reduce its environmental i...
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Filecoin launches Web3 data-storage solution for carbon offsets
Filecoin Green, a Protocol Labs initiative designed to reduce the environmental impact of FIlecoin (FIL) and make it verifiably sustainable, has spearheaded an initiative to power Web3 technology with...
Filecoin Green Launches CO2.Storage: the Web3 Data Storage Solution for Carbon Offsets
Project addresses need for standardization and data availability in tokenized carbon credits, expanding voluntary carbon offset markets reliably and transparently NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Filecoin Gre...
Stricter standards needed for carbon offsets, several House reps urge
Riverside industrial pulp mill showing smokestacks and stream releases as the facility operates on a sunny afternoon. Education Images | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Several House Democrats t...
World Bank affiliate IFC backs a blockchain-based platform to trade carbon offsets
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group that focuses on investing in less developed nations, has formed a partnership with Chia Network, a blockchain platform wit...
Riot Blockchain Bitcoin production drops 28% YOY in July; offsets energy costs by curtailing some operations
Riot Blockchain, one of the world’s largest Bitcoin mining companies, said Aug. 3 that it mined 318 Bitcoin (BTC) in July, a decrease of around 28.21% compared to the same month in 2021 when it mined ...
Stocks Rise as China Reopening Offsets Rate Fears: Markets Wrap
(Bloomberg) — Stocks in Europe gained along with US equity futures Monday as Beijing further eased Covid restrictions, helping soothe a fragile mood amid inflation and rate-hike concerns. Treasu...
Interactive Brokers Extends Carbon Offsets to Western European, Asia
American multinational brokerage firm, Interactive Brokers LLC (IB), has extended Carbon Offsets to its customers in Western Europe, Hong Kong and Singapore. Carbon Offsets, which was launched in Marc...
Algorand aims to convert network transaction fees into carbon offsets
Proof-of-stake blockchain protocol Algorand will implement a smart contract that will automate the offsetting of the network’s carbon emissions. In a recent announcement, Algorand revealed that a new ...
Gold price outlook as safe-haven appeal offsets rate hike bets
Gold price has held steady after the FOMC meeting minutes. Granted, higher Treasury yield have continued to curb its upward potential. Nonetheless, it is finding support in the Russia-Ukraine war and ...
Interactive Brokers Releases Carbon Offsets through Its IMPACT App
US-listed brokerage firm Interactive Brokers (Nasdaq: IBKR) announced on Wednesday that it launched Carbon Offsets, which will be available through its mobile trading app IMPACT. According to the pres...
Brazil’s Stone Jumps as Damage Control Offsets Profit Miss
(Bloomberg) — StoneCo Ltd., the Brazilian payment-technology firm backed by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., named new senior managers and issued guidance for the current quarter as it ...