• bitcoin hurts Tesla environmental credentials
    Bitcoin,  Politics,  Regulation

    Is Bitcoin endangering the ‘green’ credentials of companies like Tesla?

    Climate-conscious governments and activists are waking up to the fact that BTC is a power-hungry cryptocurrency, which could come back to bite the institutions whose investments are powering its price boom

    BCA Research’s chief global strategist, Peter Berezin, predicted that Bitcoin’s Achilles heel will begin to scare off corporate investors off and cause governments to erect more obstacles to it success. The first to flee will be environmental, social, and governance-focused funds he said, adding that they will shun companies involved with Bitcoin, not just the cryptocurrency itself.

  • Bitcoin is not a new type of money
    Cryptocurrencies,  United States

    NY Fed: Bitcoin is not a new type of money. Crypto: Get the tar and feathers!

    “Ignorance” and “incompetence” were two of the more polite replies after a blog post by the New York Federal Reserve Bank last week argued “Bitcoin is not a new type of money”

    When the Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a blog post with the headline “Bitcoin Is Not a New Type of Money,” the authors may have hoped their thought-provoking piece would inspire genteel, reasoned debate. But probably not.