Coronavirus might be the biggest story of the decade, but climate change will be the grand narrative of the century. As energy of any kind becomes of premium value to the planet, and the world’s transport systems come onto the electric grid, how will notoriously energy-hungry processes like bitcoin fare? In financial services, environmental, social and governance (ESG) is becoming the new buzzword among impact-minded corporations. An example of this was the latest letter from BlackRock CEO Larry Fink promising a fundamental reshaping of finance. Bitcoin, although it’s also about fundamentally reshaping finance, has ... (full story)