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Ethereum’s merge labelled ‘a new era’ in crypto

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Carmen Cracknell

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The Merge has once again thrown crypto regulation and sustainability into the spotlight.

In what’s been labelled a new era for Ethereum, the blockchain has completed the Merge, a new and more energy-efficient system for processing transactions. Ethereum developers say the move will also make the network more secure and scalable.

The shift is from a Proof-of-Work (PoW) system of authenticating transactions to

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