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Damien Hirst’s ‘The Currency’: what we’ll find out when this NFT art project is over
English artist Damien Hirst’s latest project, “The Currency”, is an artwork in two forms. Its physical form is 10,000 unique hand-painted A4 sheets covered...
Bitcoin alternatives could provide an eco-friendly solution to energy-intensive cryptocurrencies
The cryptocurrency bitcoin now uses up more electricity a year than the whole of Argentina, according to recent estimates from the University of Cambridge. That’s because the...
What Elon Musk’s bitcoin U-turn means for the future of crypto
Tesla’s relationship with cryptocurrencies has been a stop-start rollercoaster. In February, the electric vehicle manufacturer announced it had purchased US$1.5 billion (£1.1 billion) of bitcoin and...
Blockchain could play a vital role in future agriculture and food security
Global food supply chains proved brittle during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading for calls to boost the resilience of global food supply chains through improved...
What are NFTs, and why digital art has such a massive carbon footprint?
How much would you be willing to pay for a one-of-a-kind work of art? For some collectors, the limit lies somewhere in the region...
