South China Morning Post: Expelled Communist Party official named and shamed in televised confession for supporting cryptocurrency mining
The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School is mentioned in this article about Xiao Yi, a top provincial Communist Party official who was removed from his post in 2021. Xiao was the most senior Chinese official…
Yahoo Finance: Pega Pool aims to make bitcoin mining eco-friendly with carbon offsets
A study by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School is mentioned in this article about a new Bitcoin mining pool set to launch in 2023 aiming to make bitcoin mining eco-friendly. Read the full article…
The Wall Street Journal: Quebec shuns bitcoin mining in bid to conserve power
Research from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at Cambridge Judge Business School is mentioned in this article about Quebec no longer wanting to sell cheap electricity to cryptocurrency mining. Read the full article [wsj.com]…
Head Topics: Kazakhstan among top 3 Bitcoin mining destinations after US and China
The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) is mentioned in this article about energy-rich Kazakhstan being the third-largest Bitcoin mining hub. Read the full article [headtopics.com]…
Boston Herald: Neither POS nor POW – Green power network handles mining unlike any other
The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) is mentioned in this article about the negative repercussions of cryptocurrency mining. Read the full article [markets.financialcontent.com/bostonherald]…
Yahoo Finance: Tianjin boosts electricity rates to further punish underground crypto mining
The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at Cambridge Judge Business School is featured in this article about China’s effort to discourage energy-intensive cryptocurrency mining, which the country banned in September 2021 but continues to exist in some pockets. Read…
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…
New York Times: Cryptomining capacity in U.S. rivals energy use of Houston, findings show
Seven of the largest Bitcoin mining companies in the United States are set up to use nearly as much electricity as all the homes in Houston. The findings, by a congressional investigation, highlight how the surge in activity has caused…
Financial Times: Bitcoin miners stung as fallout from price collapse widens
Share prices of companies that validate crypto transactions have tumbled over the past month. “Currently, it’s not fun to be in the mining business,” said Alexander Neumueller, CCAF Research Affiliate, Digital Assets, at Cambridge Judge Business School. (subs) Read the…
The Guardian: As energy prices soar, the bitcoin miners may find they have struck fool’s gold
Bitcoin mining reporting from Cambridge Judge Business School is mentioned in this article, stating that bitcoin and cryptocurrency are the new gold of our day. Read the full article [theguardian.com]…