Economy

Adrian Grenier Joins Panel Discussion about Green Bitcoin

Published

4 years ago

19/10/2021

United Nations Environment Goodwill Ambassador and actor Adrian Grenier, who starred in Netflix’s Clickbait, HBO’s Entourage and 20^th Century Fox’s The Devil Wears Prada, has joined a panel discussion about Bitcoin energy consumption and sustainability at the recently concluded CoinGeek Conference New York.

Grenier is also known as a strong environmental activist who helped launch UN’s Clean Seas campaign in 2017 and co-founded the Lonely Whale Foundation, which aims to increase awareness and educate people about the status of the globe’s oceans and marine life.

Grenier also has an impact fund called DuContra Ventures, where he is a co-founder and the chief experience officer, that is focused on four categories: the betterment of humans, investing in communities, the future of finance (where his interest in blockchain comes in), and sustainable consumer goods. The actor has also invested in Blueland, which produces plastic-free consumer cleaning products.

The presence of a renowned environmentalist at a Bitcoin event is somewhat of irony as Bitcoin has been touted by the media in the past months as unsustainable and not environmentally friendly with the massive amount of energy Bitcoin mining consumes.

“I think people that want to dismiss crypto as being unsustainable don’t fully understand the complexity of the opportunity that crypto has for society across the board. It’s not just about mining efficiency, it’s also about how it’s going to improve every industry,” Grenier said.

Grenier’s presence means that he has finally found a Green Bitcoin he can support in BSV. The BSV blockchain is the largest public blockchain that can scale unlimitedly to accommodate the data the world is generating.

“If you had a crypto technology that could actually track the exchange of goods and services within the community and keep the value very hyper-local, there’s a lot less loss. I mean, when you put your money in a centralized banking system, you’re losing a lot of money, especially with inflation and the printing of money. And suddenly, they’re stealing your little value. But when you have a hyperlocal currency, you know what’s being shared, and you keep it serving your community,” Grenier explained.

Unlike BTC that has no other utility except as a speculative investment due to its price volatility, small data blocks at only 1MB in size and low throughput at seven transactions per second (tps), a 2GB block has already been mined on the BSV blockchain and the network is preparing to increase its throughput to over 50,000 tps at transaction fees of less than a penny, rivalling the capacity of the VISA network. These numbers are what make BSV the Green Bitcoin and what make BTC simply unsustainable.

“I think it’s really going to transform media. In my business, like filmmaking [and] communications, it’s going to empower artists to have exchange directly with consumers, get commercialization out of that relationship unless chosen. Even just the social media networks. Like what’s happening with Facebook, they’re literally selling our data for profit, and we don’t see any of that money. I like to see social media networks that allow both users and content creators to have a more autonomous exchange of value,” Grenier pointed out.

As BSV continues to scale, millions and even billions of tps can be realized in the future. And with this kind of powerful technology, can usher in a fully on-chain world—improving business systems and processes and maximizing profits—much like how the Internet Protocol has created the online life people are enjoying today. This kind of benefit to mankind is what more than justifies the huge energy consumption of BSV mining.

Economy

Customs Street Surges 0.28% Despite Persistent Weak Sentiment

Published

36 minutes ago

09/04/2026

Dipo Olowookere

By Dipo Olowookere

The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited rallied by 0.28 per cent on Wednesday despite weak investor sentiment, as the bourse ended with 18 price gainers and 38 price losers, implying a negative market breadth index.

The growth recorded yesterday by Customs Street was influenced by the 2.11 per cent rise posted by the energy index, and the 1.79 per cent jump achieved by the banking sector.

The other sectors experienced profit-taking, with the consumer goods losing 1.07 per cent, the insurance counter down by 0.36 per cent, and the industrial goods space down by 0.19 per cent.

Universal Insurance chalked up 10.00 per cent to sell for N1.21, Omatek improved by 9.78 per cent to N2.47, VFD Group expanded by 9.71 per cent to N11.30, CWG appreciated by 9.64 per cent to N21.05, and Livestock Feeds gained 9.56 per cent to close at N7.45.

On the flip side, UPDC REIT lost 10.00 per cent to settle at N6.75, Fortis Global Insurance shed 9.92 per cent to quote at N1.18, Deap Capital depreciated by 9.85 per cent to N5.40, Chams went down by 9.47 per cent to N3.06, and Japaul declined by 8.82 per cent to N3.10.

Yesterday, the All-Share Index (ASI) went up by 562.43 points to 202,585.53 points from 202,023.10 points, and the market capitalisation advanced by N389 billion to N130.404 trillion from N130.015 trillion.

During the session, 1.0 billion stocks worth N40.6 billion exchanged hands in 52,723 deals compared with the 1.1 billion stocks valued at N40.3 billion executed in 78,006 deals a day earlier, indicating an uptick in the trading value by 0.74 per cent, and a shortfall in the trading volume and number of deals by 9.09 per cent and 32.41 per cent apiece.

The activity chart was led by Access Holdings, which sold 233.0 million units valued at N6.1 billion, Fidelity Bank exchanged 113.1 million units worth N2.2 billion, Wema Bank recorded a turnover of 103.3 million units valued at N2.7 billion, Zenith Bank transacted 60.6 million units for N6.5 billion, and Chams traded 47.5 million units worth N154.6 million.

Economy

Crude Oil Slumps Amid Hopes of Strait of Hormuz Reopening

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1 hour ago

09/04/2026

Adedapo Adesanya

By Adedapo Adesanya

Crude oil plummeted on Wednesday on hopes of the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz after US President Donald Trump agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran.

Brent crude futures moderated to $94.75 a barrel, while the US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude eased to $94.41 a barrel.

President Trump said on Wednesday that the US will work closely with Iran and will be talking about tariff and sanctions relief with Iran.

However, analysts cautioned that the ceasefire is a temporary two-week reprieve rather than a permanent resolution, and the global energy system remains fragile due to structural damage to regional infrastructure.

Reuters reported that Iran could open the strait in a limited and controlled way on Thursday or Friday ahead of a meeting between U.S. and Iranian officials in Pakistan.

Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that two ships appeared to have transited the Strait of Hormuz since the US-Iran ceasefire deal. A Greek-owned bulk carrier and a Liberia-flagged vessel both transited the waterway early on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Israel carried out its heaviest strikes on Lebanon since the conflict with Hezbollah broke out last month, even as the Iran-aligned group paused attacks on northern Israel and Israeli troops in Lebanon under the ceasefire.

Also, Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline, a critical artery bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, was reportedly hit in an Iranian drone attack. Prior to the attack, the pipeline was pumping at its emergency capacity of 7 million barrels per day to bypass the shuttered strait.

The strikes occurred just hours after a US-Iran ceasefire announcement, which has so far failed to halt regional hostilities. Other facilities in the kingdom were also targeted in the wave of strikes, which the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed included oil facilities owned by American companies in Yanbu.

US crude stocks rose by 3.1 million barrels to 464.7 million barrels during the week ended April 3, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said.

Economy

Insurance Firms Must Submit 2025 Assessment Returns by May 31—NAICOM

Published

18 hours ago

08/04/2026

Adedapo Adesanya

By Adedapo Adesanya

The National Insurance Commission has issued new guidelines for the collection, management, and administration of the Insurance Policyholders’ Protection Fund.

In a circular issued to all insurance institutions on Tuesday, the regulator also set May 31, 2026, as the deadline for insurers to submit their assessment returns for the 2025 financial year.

Recall that on August  5, 2025,  President Bola Tinubu signed  into  law  the  Nigerian  Insurance  Industry Reform  Act ( NIIRA 2025).

 This  landmark legislation  repeals  the  Insurance  Act  2003,  and  consolidates  related  provisions,  ushering  in  a  modern regulatory framework. It lays a strong foundation for sustainable growth and increased investment in the country’s insurance sector.

The commission said the guidelines were issued in exercise of its powers under the 2025 Act and other existing insurance laws and regulations to provide regulatory clarity, improve guidance, and ensure ease of compliance across the industry.

According to NAICOM, the guidelines establish a comprehensive structure for the operation of the IPPF, which serves as a statutory safety net to protect insurance policyholders in the event of distress or insolvency of a licensed insurer or reinsurer. The framework also provides direction on the reimbursement of loans by insurers and reinsurers.

NAICOM stated, “The guidelines ensure regulatory clarity, guidance and ease of compliance, as it provides a comprehensive regulatory framework for the collection, management, and administration of the Fund, which serves as a statutory safety net designed to protect insurance policyholders against distress and insolvency of a licensed insurer or reinsurer, including guidance for the reimbursement of loans by an insurer or reinsurer.

“Please be informed that the IPPF Assessment Returns in respect of the year 2025 shall be submitted to the Commission not later than 31st May 2026, while subsequent submissions shall be in line with Section 4.3 of the Guideline on Insurance Policyholders Protection Fund.”