5 Cryptocurrency Facts You Should Know Today 1) The value of the cryptocurrency market has exceeded $1 trillion for the first time in its 12-year history. Despite the period of falling #cryptocurrency prices , this market is still the fastest growing one. 2) Since 2021, there has been a federal cryptocurrency bank in the United States. The American startup Anchorage, which offers digital currency custody services, has become the first federal-level cryptocurrency bank in US history. 3) 20% of the existing bitcoins are stored in wallets whose owners do not have access to them. These wallets are either lost or blocked. Many people became owners of cryptocurrency ten years ago, when bitcoin first appeared and was worth nothing. 4) Cryptocurrency does not have official status in most countries. The legal status of cryptocurrencies varies from country to country. So, in Japan back in 2017, bitcoin was recognized as a means of payment. But in most countries, digital currency has not yet been recognized. 5) Mining harms the environment, but there are more and more "green" cryptocurrencies in the world. In 2019, scientists from Munich calculated that the blockchain network that serves bitcoin consumes 45.8 TWh of electricity every year. As a result, between 22 and 22.9 Mt CO2 enters the atmosphere annually. That is why, 10 years later, people began to think more and more about how to make mining more environmentally friendly. © CryptoGuru
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