Tag: RIOT.Q
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![What are the hidden costs of Riot Blockchain’s (RIOT.Q) Texas expansion?]()
What are the hidden costs of Riot Blockchain’s (RIOT.Q) Texas expansion?
Riot Blockchain’s (RIOT.Q) latest addition to their Bitcoin mining and hosting empire, to the tune of 1 gigawatt in Texas, isn’t good for either Bitcoin or the environment, or you. Granted, not everything Riot’s doing is horrible. They’ve managed to offset a good chunk of their electrical bill by adding immersion cooling to their equipment,…
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![This Week in Crypto: Typical Bubble edition]()
This Week in Crypto: Typical Bubble edition
It’s getting a little hard to keep track of who does and who doesn’t like Bitcoin. This week, George Soros offered an endorsement whereas three years ago he panned it, calling it a “typical” bubble. The head of Soros Fund Management argued thi sweek that it has even more long term potential. “I’m not sure…
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![This week in crypto: The China Side-Eye Edition]()
This week in crypto: The China Side-Eye Edition
The biggest spate of news actually happened last Friday and it’s China again. Now all cryptocurrency related transactions are effectively banned in China. The effects were immediate: Coinbase Global (COIN.Q) and Robinhood took a 3.5% dive, while MicroStrategy (MSTR.Q) lost 6.7%. Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA.Q) lost %8.1. It didn’t stop there, though. The commentary from…
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![This week in crypto – sweating to death edition with RIOT.Q, CSTR.C, TAAL.C, HUT.T, NDA.V, LNK.C, COIN.Q, IDK.C, BIGG.C, PYPL.Q, VHI.V, GBLC.C]()
This week in crypto – sweating to death edition with RIOT.Q, CSTR.C, TAAL.C, HUT.T, NDA.V, LNK.C, COIN.Q, IDK.C, BIGG.C, PYPL.Q, VHI.V, GBLC.C
Here’s an interesting stat to start this crypto roundup off: “A study published in the journal Nature Climate in 2018 concluded that the growth of bitcoin could produce enough emissions by itself to raise global temperatures by 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) as soon as 2033.” The publication is three years old, which means…
