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‘Historic’ moment for crypto as Ethereum Merge finally completed

Source: The Independent One of the most highly-anticipated moments in the history of crypto has finally happened after years of build up. At 7.45am BST on Thursday, Ethereum completed what has been dubbed ‘The Merge’. In doing so, the energy consumption of the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency dropped by more than 99 per cent in an instant. “After bitcoin’s whitepaper […]

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