Bitcoin mining has reached a record high – but the “dirty secret” of the cryptocurrency continues to rumble underneath. In some cases, the rumble is very real: the BBC reported this week on the ...

Bitcoin mining – the process in which a bitcoin is awarded to a computer that solves a complex series of algorithm – is a deeply energy intensive process It’s not just the value of bitcoin that has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Becca Bratcher is an author and journalist specializing in crypto. Over the past few years, the United States, specifically Texas, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. On the shores of Seneca Lake in upstate New York, a private equity company has bought a decommissioned coal ...