Cryptocurrency

June 15, 2023
Should Industries Pay Taxes for the Costs They Impose on Society? On Bitcoin Mining, the DAME Tax, and Hypocrisy
By John Belizaire, CEO, and Nicola Phillips, Contributing Writer In early May of this year, the White House released its 2024… Read more »

June 8, 2023
The Flip Side of Bitcoin: Soluna Response to NYT Bitcoin Report
By John Belizaire, CEO, and Nicola Phillips, Contributing Writer Recently, the NYT published a report on “The Real-World Costs… Read more »

January 6, 2023
The FTX Collapse Reminds Us Bitcoin is Not Crypto
Listen now on Apple | Spotify | SimpleCast If you’ve read the news lately or even quickly skimmed the headlines, you’ve seen the madness concerning… Read more »

January 6, 2023
Bitcoin Is Not Crypto. At Least Not The Version Of Crypto FTX Was Built On.
Amidst all the turmoil caused by FTX’s decline and apparent betrayal of trust in the cryptoverse there is something we are forgetting. Bitcoin is not crypto. At least not the version of crypto FTX was built on.

January 4, 2023
2022 Cleantech Trends with Nino Lazariia
Listen now on Apple | Spotify | SimpleCast This season we have spent a lot of time exploring the intersection of crypto mining and renewables.… Read more »

October 25, 2022
Greening Bitcoin with Troy Cross
Can Bitcoin catalyze the transition to renewable energy? Troy Cross joins us in this episode to discuss. Troy is a… Read more »

October 19, 2022
Inside the Industry’s Take on Bitcoin’s Energy Use with Eliza and Aoyon of CoinDesk
John sits down with Eliza Gkritsi and Aoyon Ashraf, who both cover crypto mining for the digital currency focus website CoinDesk. Before joining… Read more »

October 11, 2022
Beating the Bitcoin Energy FUD with Ali Chehrehsaz
Listen now on Apple | Spotify | SimpleCast John sits down with Ali Chehrehsaz, the co-founder and CEO of TerraVerde Energy, an independent energy advisory representing school districts,… Read more »

September 13, 2022
Understanding Bitcoin’s Climate Impact with Margot Paez
Listen now on Apple | Spotify | SimpleCast Soluna CEO John Belizaire sits down with Margot Paez, a fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute… Read more »

July 5, 2022
The Bitcoin-Energy Debate with Lindsey Kelleher
Listen now on Apple | Spotify | SimpleCast There is an existing view that Bitcoin is a dirty coin and… Read more »

June 9, 2022
Institutional Investment in Crypto with Rene Ramirez
Listen now on Apple | Spotify | SimpleCast Bitcoin, crypto, and batchable computing. Could they be the keys to scaling… Read more »

March 29, 2022
Cleaning Up Crypto Mining with Steve Wright
Listen now on Apple | Spotify | SimpleCast Recently, we’ve taken a deep dive into the ongoing debate over crypto mining regulation, and the types of incentives… Read more »