As digital assets are in focus for investors, there is a less visible, less shiny side to at least the Bitcoin story. While the total potential number of Bitcoins is fixed at 21 million, they haven’t all been created yet. New Bitcoins can be 'mined' through power-intensive computer analysis, which has a significant carbon footprint, according to Marion Laboure, senior economist at Deutsche Bank in London. There’s also a contrasting view, as set out by US-based portfolio manager Mark L.
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