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Alphabit, a global fund that invests in digital currencies, has been launched with a target of $300 million, co-founder Liam Robertson said in an interview, as managers seek to tap growing demand for virtual assets that allow for instant, borderless transactions. Digital currencies such as bitcoin are issued and usually controlled by its developers, and are used by members of virtual communities. The sector market capitalization has surged more than 60 percent so far this year, and nearly 260 percent over the past 12 months, to nearly $30 billion, according to Coinmarket.A handful of digital currency fu
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Google has today shattered its previous renewable energy investment record by announcing it has poured $300 million into SolarCity聮s $750 million fund for residential solar PV projects.The announcement dwarfs Google聮s $280 million investment in SolarCity in 2011, and serves as a bold statement of intent for the tech giant 聳 and a ringing endorsement of solar power聮s growing prominence in the U.S. energy landscape. Corporations are starting to realize the importance of using clean energy, said SolarCity chief executive Lyndon Rive. Historically the companies that have financed solar deployment have been the big financial institutions and we聮ve seen the movement in the sector of tech companies getting into the space and helping to transform a dirty
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