{"id":"tp-13119","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Can cryptocurrencies ever be green?","author":"Sheena Jordan","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/13119","datePublished":"2024-09-25T21:14:17.000Z","dateModified":"2024-09-25T21:14:17.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"Cryptocurrencies have been condemned over their environmental record at a time when traditional investments have been rapidly moving towards greener environmental, social and governance (ESG) values. So how long will …","section":"Business","references":[{"title":"rapidly","url":"https://www.ftadviser.com/investments/2023/12/01/over-half-of-investors-plan-to-increase-esg-investments-in-2024/"},{"title":"Green bonds","url":"https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/667f95939700497452d00a1544ba2d01-0340022024/original/World-Bank-IBRD-FY23-IMPACT-REPORT.pdf"},{"title":"(POW)","url":"https://www.forbes.com/advisor/investing/cryptocurrency/proof-of-work/"},{"title":"International Energy Agency","url":"https://www.iea.org/commentaries/bitcoin-energy-use-mined-the-gap"},{"title":"United Nations","url":"https://unu.edu/press-release/un-study-reveals-hidden-environmental-impacts-bitcoin-carbon-not-only-harmful-product#:%7E:text=Mining%20cryptocurrencies%20can%20have%20major,research%20by%20United%20Nations%20scientists."},{"title":"Bitcoin networks","url":"https://unu.edu/press-release/un-study-reveals-hidden-environmental-impacts-bitcoin-carbon-not-only-harmful-product"},{"title":"Cambridge Blockchain Network Sustainability Index","url":"https://ccaf.io/cbnsi/cbeci"},{"title":"regulation","url":"https://theconversation.com/ftx-and-binance-how-latest-crypto-scandals-could-influence-public-opinion-on-digital-currency-regulation-218939"},{"title":"major issues","url":"https://www.europol.europa.eu/cms/sites/default/files/documents/Europol%20Spotlight%20-%20Cryptocurrencies%20-%20Tracing%20the%20evolution%20of%20criminal%20finances.pdf"},{"title":"(CCA)","url":"https://cryptoclimate.org/accord/"},{"title":"Mara","url":"https://www.mara.com/"},{"title":"Argo","url":"https://argoblockchain.com/our-vision"},{"title":"rafapress/Shutterstock","url":"https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/june-6-2024-brazil-this-photo-2471526095"},{"title":"redirect it","url":"https://www.mara.com/posts/recycling-heat-from-data-centers-to-warm-a-community-in-finland"},{"title":"regions","url":"https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/26/where-are-bitcoin-miners-in-2023-texas.html"},{"title":"Cardano","url":"https://cardano.org/"},{"title":"Powerledger","url":"https://www.powerledger.io/"},{"title":"Ethereum","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/sep/15/ethereum-cryptocurrency-completes-move-to-cut-co2-output-by-99"},{"title":"Financial Stability Board","url":"https://www.fsb.org/2023/07/fsb-finalises-global-regulatory-framework-for-crypto-asset-activities/"},{"title":"TokenPost","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com"}]}