Tag: Cardano

Bitcoin
March 23, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Energy-efficient altcoins emerge amid Bitcoin backlash

Environmental Backlash As the network expands, the time for analysing it also grow and with it, its energy consumption. According to the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, Bitcoin currently consumes approximately 121.36 terawatt-hours (TWh) a year. This number is higher than the energy consumption of Argentina (121 TWh), the Netherlands (108.8 TWh), and the United…

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January 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Weiss announces first bitcoin and cryptocurrency grades by U.S. rating agency

Weiss Ratings, an independent rating agency of financial institutions, just announced that it will issue letter grades on cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, Cardano, NEM, Litecoin, Stellar, EOS, IOTA, Dash, NEO, Monero, Bitcoin Gold and many others. The new Weiss Cryptocurrency Ratings, to be released January 24, are the first by a financial…

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