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Greenpeace Report: Wall Street Financiers Must Be Held Accountable for Bitcoin Mining Carbon Emissions

Greenpeace Report: Wall Street Financiers Must Be Held Accountable for Bitcoin Mining Carbon Emissions


CryptoIntelligence
2024-06-16 00:04:33

Major financial institutions on Wall Street should be held responsible for bankrolling the emissions-heavy Bitcoin mining industry, according to a new report by Greenpeace USA. The report, titled “Bankrolling Bitcoin Pollution: How Big Finance Supports a New Climate Threat,” diverges from previous Greenpeace papers on the Bitcoin mining industry. Instead of focusing on BTC miners, the report targets Wall Street and the banking sector. Greenpeace claims that big finance supports Bitcoin mining by creating economic incentives, thereby perpetuating the ecological threat the industry represents. The report names Trinity Capital, Stone Ridge Holdings, BlackRock, Vanguard, and MassMutual as the top five


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