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The next Bitcoin? Investors flock to new cryptocurrency 'ADA'. Tweet Facebook Mail. As Bitcoin surges cryptocurrency investors are looking for the next golden goose, with one token in particular exploding in value. It's called ADA, and it is the native token of the Cardano blockchain a similar technology to Bitcoin, where all transactions are recorded on a single ledger. Much like other cryptocurrencies, any user anywhere in the world can use ADA as a secure exchange of value. Simon Peters, eToro's resident cryptocurrency expert, said clued-in investors were searching for alternatives to Bitcoin that would allow them to get in on the ground floor of the next big boom.
Rather than focus solely on bitcoin and ethereum, where many investors can only own a fraction of one coin, we are seeing increasing demand for coins priced like bitcoin and ethereum were a few years ago," Mr Peters said. Here's why experts believe it will grow more. Mr Peters said the overall trend in cryptocurrency was that of acceptance; the more large companies that allow trading with Bitcoin, the more legitimate it becomes.
Both have seen prices rocket since the start of the year, but while there was volatility, the wider adoption story continues to power both cryptoassets," Mr Peters said. Why is Bitcoin booming? There are a number of reasons why Bitcoin is booming, but all of them circle back to one reason: legitimacy.
Once seen as the domain of cybercriminals and software engineers, Bitcoin is gaining legitimacy as an alternative currency that is not tied to any one nation state or government. The biggest recent factor is the one-time world's richest man in Elon Musk. Earlier this year Mr Musk's auto company Tesla announced it would soon accept Bitcoin as payment for its cars, effectively legitimising the currency as a valid form of trade. There are a number of other reasons why Bitcoin is gaining ground among institutional investors. Bitcoin has inbuilt scarcity of just 21 million coins, meaning once all the coins are "mined" they will simply continue to go up in value if they are used, theoretically.
Much of it is about risk: Bitcoin is infamous for its volatility.
Disseminated by SedNet secretariat — email marjan. The four topics addressed included:. The focus was on identifying challenges and potential solutions to overcome them, as well as the actions that could help bringing forward these four areas. The workshop report will include the outcomes of the discussions and an Action Agenda that should serve as an umbrella for the coordination and development of strategies at international and cross-sectoral level. A first initiative coming out of the workshop is the working meeting on reliability of sediment toxicity see next news item to be organised in the week of 28 June — 3 July next year, in the framework of the SedNet Conference If you are performing ecotoxicological tests on natural sediments in your laboratory or have to work with ecotox data, and if you are interested in quality assurance of sediment testing, we would like to invite you to a working meeting on the reliability of biotest data.
The objective of this meeting is to exchange experience with regard to e.
We would also be interested in evidence on how sampling procedures and sediment preparation influences the outcome of the tests. This meeting will not consist of a number of platform presentations. The focus will be on discussions and sharing experiences and knowledge. If you have slides that demonstrate your results and your work, even if preliminary, we would be happy, if you shared them with us during the meeting. On the registration form for the SedNet conference registration will open in — we will keep you informed you can indicate if you would be interested to join the group.
For further information, please contact Carmen Casado, or Susanne Heise. The following topics are on the agenda:. A detailed meeting agenda and info how to register for the online meeting have been sent to the WG-members.
If you are not member of this WG yet, and if you interested to participate, just send an email to the SedNet Secretariat. Navigating a Changing Climate and SedNet are collaborating to run a workshop exploring areas of comment interest.
Those interested in making a presentation at this workshop are encouraged to use the provided template to prepare a one-page overview abstract. The completed template which should be received by 31 October , should be submitted as a Word document attached to an email to the SedNet Secretariat and copied to navclimate pianc. Deadline for submission of abstracts to the SedNet Secretariat : 1 December Abstracts will be selected by the SedNet Steering Group for either a platform presentation or a poster presentation.
Please see the conference webpage for the full text of the Call for Abstracts and the template for submission of abstracts. SedNet was initially a response to the realization that the WFD—which came into force in —largely neglected sediment. The SedNet efforts inspired the establishment of a sediment management concept for the Elbe river basin. That concept was used as a basis for the full inclusion of sediment in the second Elbe RBMP — Sediment source fingerprinting: benchmarking recent outputs, remaining challenges and emerging themes.
Another paper published in the Journal of Soils and Sediments. This review of sediment source fingerprinting assesses the current state-of-the-art, remaining challenges and emerging themes. It combines inputs from international scientists either with track records in the approach or with expertise relevant to progressing the science. Managing increasing flood risks is a critical challenge for EU Member States, and water management is a key priority.
One strategy to deal with emerging water pressure is the creation of water retention areas. However, widespread water and sediment pollution poses a serious obstacle to the creation of retention areas, since pollution would spread even further. A complicating factor is that water retention areas are generally situated in nature reserves where pollution can seriously damage the ecosystem. Conventional remediation techniques can be effective, but are too destructive in areas with a high nature value. Demonstration projects will be established for bacteria assisted phytostabilization, a subsurface flow constructed wetland and free water flow constructed wetlands in three different pilot sites in Flanders.
The aim is to significantly reduce the bioavailability of the metals. The current ecological risk of the metal pollution and the impact of different remediation scenarios will be assessed using a combination of environmental monitoring, eco-toxicity testing and ecological modelling. Applying this framework, successful techniques will be replicated at other sites in Europe.
It is a six-year project and was launched in July For more information, please visit the project-website.
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In the last few decades, an increasing number of harmful chemicals have found their way into the environment and end up in soils, groundwater and sediments. The contaminants of emerging concern pose major challenges for policy makers, scientists, consultancies and problem owners. Adequate governance and management strategies are needed to prevent risks and further spreading of these contaminants and to preserve healthy soils for the future.
It is clear that the problem cannot be solved by the regulatory authorities alone. Concerted actions and initiatives are urgently needed. EmConSoil wants to be an open network for all stakeholders from different sectors and countries.
Nasdaq 13, Critics decry it as an energy hog while proponents hail it for being less intensive than the current global economy. Posted by ravenousblonde May 4, At the same time, they have increased the amount of outstanding cryptocurrencies and, as a result, highlighted the problems generally associated with money, in the context of cryptocurrencies. In short, power consumption in the global Bitcoin economy is comparable to that of some other industrialized financial systems. Bitcoins are "mined" by computers that solve incredibly complex mathematical equations.
The aims are to exchange knowledge, to develop strategies and policies through co-creation, to raise awareness, and intensify collaboration between all stakeholders. This will be done by information sharing through a website, conferences such as ENSOr, workshops, etc. The first EmConSoil newsletter is in preparation and will be sent out in October. Please visit our website to get more information. If You to participate?
Please fill out the registration form. Participation is free of charge, and without obligation. Over the past months the AquaConSoil organisers have been working hard on a new concept for the conference. ACS have teamed up with a diverse group of both private and public parties in a Dutch hosting consortium.
The intention is to host a series of digital events and conclude this series with a digital conference focus week June The digital events will include interesting keynotes, interactive elements with opportunities to meet new people and will give people the opportunity to present their recent work research or other interesting initiative.