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The green Bitcoin mining operator is also en-route to list on the NASDAQ exchange via a SPAC merger.

The 30 finalists and winners of the DigitalArt4Climate competition were announced at a COP26 press conference.

While Jason Citron said the NFT feature was in “pre-release” mode, he has now changed his tune after being bombarded with thousands of comments calling on him to drop the plans.

Climate activism via blockchain is becoming a serious topic of discussion among academics and industry professionals as carbon offsets are tokenized.

According to the firm, it mines close to 20 BTC per day.

A consortium of partners spoke during the COP26 conference about the inception of a new blockchain climate initiative and shared details on its future ambitions.

The university hopes the move will raise funding for large-scale conservation and restoration initiatives.

A number of representative and delegates supporting the Climate Chain Coalition group spoke at a dedicated panel on Tuesday at COP26.

Mercado Bitcoin and Comerc plan to launch two separate tokens incentivizing renewable energy use.

Carbon offsets could be an important step in the crypto industry’s move toward carbon neutrality, although some experts see them as a pure greenwash.

Speaking at the COP26 summit, Cointelegraph's editor-in-chief shared expert insights into the potential impact the crypto community could have on environmental initiatives.

Purpose Investments will measure the carbon footprint associated with its portfolio and purchase carbon offsets accordingly.

The topics of digital assets, nonfungible tokens and the metaverse were on full display — even in panels unrelated to the crypto industry.

According to recent data, the cryptocurrency sector outputs near 150 TWh of electricity annually, a figure higher than countries such as Poland, Norway, Egypt or Sweden.

Kazakhstan currently ranks No. 2 in the world in terms of Bitcoin mining hash rate.