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Elizabeth Warren: “If, for example, Bitcoin--just one of the cryptocurrencies--were a country, it would already be the 33rd largest energy…”

On the recordJune 8, 2021
If, for example, Bitcoin--just one of the cryptocurrencies--were a country, it would already be the 33rd largest energy user in the world.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren compares Bitcoin's energy consumption to that of countries.

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