A software CEO called me on the weekend recently with painful predictions. One is already coming true. – Business Insider

Freezing dormant bitcoin BTC$76,721.06 would trigger an immediate repricing and mark one of the world’s oldest cryptocurrency’s worst trading days since its 2009 launch, advocates told CoinDesk. Bitcoin developers and crypto industry participants have debated for weeks whether they should freeze dormant tokens to protect them against the risk of theft through quantum computing, whenever…

In this article EBAY ETSY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Etsy Inc. headquarters in the Brooklyn borough of New York on June 25, 2024. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Etsy shares skyrocketed more than 14% in extended trading on Wednesday after the company announced eBay would acquire its secondhand clothing…

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Warren Buffett has handed over Berkshire Hathaway’s reins after six decades at the helm, in one of the most consequential corporate successions of a generation. Berkshire vice-chair Greg Abel, 63, took charge as chief executive on Thursday, leaving a low-profile protégé of one of history’s savviest investors to lead the sprawling company. Buffett, 95, transformed…

Greystar, the nation’s largest landlord, has reached a $7 million settlement with nine states that sued the property management giant for using rent-setting algorithms that officials have blamed for driving up housing costs. The proposed settlement, filed Tuesday in a North Carolina federal court, is the latest to result from antitrust lawsuits targeting RealPage and…