"The bitcoin uses more electricity per transaction than any other method known to mankind, and so it's not a great climate thing." That's what Bill Gates recently told me.
At a time when companies and investors increasingly say they are focused on climate and sustainability issues, some of them may be about to collide with the reality of another financial trend, one currently worth about US$1 trillion (S$1.34 trillion): the bitcoin.
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