Cambridge Network: What is the environmental footprint of Bitcoin?
The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), a research centre at Cambridge Judge Business School, announces a new update to its Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI) that provides estimates on the greenhouse gas emissions related to Bitcoin. “Environmentalists, financial…
What is the environmental footprint of Bitcoin?
New estimate of Bitcoin’s greenhouse gas emissions added to University of Cambridge digital tool. The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), a research centre at Cambridge Judge Business School, announced today (27 September) a new update to its Cambridge Bitcoin…
A deep dive into Bitcoin’s environmental impact
The debate about the environmental footprint of bitcoin mining has mainly revolved around electricity consumption. However, the issue of Bitcoin's environmental footprint is more nuanced and complex, which underscores the need for independent data to inform an evidence-based public debate.…
Bitcoin mining electricity update: new data
New data from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance finds US leads in Bitcoin mining, with resurgence by China to number two. The update includes a first US state-by-state breakdown of mining activity. New data on global Bitcoin mining released…
The Guardian: How do we solve bitcoin’s carbon problem
Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index developed by Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, based at Cambridge Judge Business School, featured in The Guardian article. The index estimates “that bitcoin mining consumes 133.63 terawatt hours a year of electricity – more than the…
New platform for interactive fintech data and visualisations
The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance's CCAF.io platform hosts suite of fintech digital tools to inform evidence-based decision-making for firms, investors, regulators and policymakers globally. The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge…
The Wall Street Journal: US takes Bitcoin mining crown after China crackdown
Further press coverage for the latest Bitcoin mining report from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, based at Cambridge Judge Business School, finds that the US is now first in the world following a government crackdown in China. (subs) Read…
BBC News: US leads Bitcoin mining as China ban takes effect
China's share of global Bitcoin mining has fallen to effectively zero, research by the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI) suggests. The latest data by the Index, developed at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, based at Cambridge Judge Business…
Financial Times: US overtakes China as biggest bitcoin mining hub after Beijing ban
The latest Bitcoin mining report from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance finds that the US is now first in the world following a government crackdown in China. This new data (to the end of August 2021) shows the US…
Bloomberg: The US leads the world in bitcoin mining after China crackdown
Another take on the Bitcoin research coming out of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, based at Cambridge Judge Business School. The latest update to the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI) has confirmed the impact of the Bitcoin mining…