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On the recordJune 8, 2021
Look, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are terrible for the environment, and that would be true regardless of whether we were getting anything productive out of that energy usage or not.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Warren emphasizes the environmental harm caused by cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.

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