This Earth Day, Let's Reclaim the Bitcoin Energy Debate

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today on the Brief:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Crypto M&A heats up</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Is ETH deflationary now?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Cathie Wood is the Michael Saylor of Coinbase stock</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our main discussion: Square’s Bitcoin Clean Energy Initiative and ARK Investments have teamed up to release a memo about how bitcoin addresses key issues in the renewable energy space. Not only do renewables make sense as an energy source for mining, but bitcoin mining as “the energy buyer of last resort” could address key issues of intermittency and grid congestion.</span></p> <div data-pm-slice="1 1 []" data-en-clipboard="true">--</div> <div>Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io</div> <div>--</div> <div>Enjoying this content?</div> <div> </div> <div>SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast</div> <div>Apple:  https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb</div> <div>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ</div> <div>Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M=</div> <div> </div> <div>Follow on Twitter:</div> <div>NLW: https://twitter.com/nlw</div> <div>Breakdown: <a href="https://twitter.com/BreakdownNLW" rev= "en_rl_none">https://twitter.com/BreakdownNLW</a></div> <div> </div> <div>The Breakdown is produced and distributed by CoinDesk.com</div>