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Chesnot | Getty Images For years, the U.S. government has maintained a side hustle auctioning off bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Historically, Uncle Sam has done a pretty lousy job of timing the market. The 500 bitcoin it sold to Riot Blockchain in 2018 for around $5 million? That’s now worth north of $23 million. Or

Chairman of Disney Michael Iger arrives for the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 06, 2021 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images New year prediction pieces are a journalism standard. But instead of giving my own projections, I asked 10 media executives, the promise of anonymity, to give me their

Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images When Kickstarter unveiled its ambition to develop a blockchain-based crowdfunding system, the company characterized the move as a way to push creators closer to their audiences. “Backers should be able to easily discover and participate more deeply in projects, better control their data, and have more robust tools

The future of bitcoin is anyone’s guess, but one academic has warned that the world’s most popular cryptocurrency could fade out in the near future. Eswar Prasad, senior professor of international trade policy at Cornell University, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” earlier this month: “Bitcoin itself may not last that much longer.” Bitcoin’s price has

Asana CEO and Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA | AFP | Getty Images Dustin Moskovitz is buying the dip. Again. The billionaire co-founder and CEO of cloud software vendor Asana bought $81 million worth of the company’s stock this week as part of a pre-arranged trading plan, bringing his purchases for the

In this article SEZNL Z1P-AU APT-AU AFRM An Afterpay logo is seen displayed on a smartphone. Igor Golovniov | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Shares of several “buy now, pay later” firms sank sharply after the U.S. consumer watchdog opened an investigation into the sector. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday it

An aerial view of Apple Park is seen in Cupertino, California, United States on October 28, 2021. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Apple told staff on Wednesday that it is delaying a planned return to offices for corporate workers until an undetermined date, according to reports from Bloomberg News and NBC News

Spencer Kimball, Cockroach Labs CEO Source: Spencer Kimball | Wikipedia Cockroach Labs has raised $278 million in a Series F funding round that values the enterprise software company at $5 billion — more than double its valuation from earlier this year. The New York City-based company, ranked No. 27 on this year’s CNBC Disruptor 50

Apple store employees wearing masks talk to a customer through an open door at the Oculus shopping center amid the coronavirus pandemic on May 21, 2020 in New York City. COVID-19 has spread to most countries around the world, claiming over 334,000 lives with over 5.1 million cases. Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images Apple temporarily

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks during a Reuters interview at the Department of Commerce in Washington, September 23, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said she is committed to the administration’s goal of universal broadband by 2030, but cautioned that distributing funds from the new infrastructure law to meet that deadline

In this article GOOGL Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., gestures while speaking during a discussion on artificial intelligence at the Bruegel European economic think tank in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. Pichai urged the U.S. and European Union to coordinate regulatory approaches on artificial intelligence, calling their alignment critical. Geert

In this article BT.A-GB President of French telecoms and media group Altice, Patrick Drahi smiles during the inauguration of the Altice Campus in Paris on October 9, 2018. Eric Piermont | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — French billionaire Patrick Drahi has increased his stake in British telecommunications company BT, sparking a response from the

The site of a roof collapse at an Amazon.com distribution center in Edwardsville, Illinois. Drone Base | Reuters The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating a collapse at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, an agency spokesperson said Monday. The collapse was caused by a tornado that devastated the area and killed six workers.

In this article IT A gamer plays on Sony’s Playstation 5 console at his home in Seoul. Yelim Lee | AFP via Getty Images The global chip shortage has been rumbling on all year and still hasn’t gone away. But what does that mean for Christmas? Will some presents be harder to get hold of

Chris Wallace on the set of “Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace” at FOX News D.C. Bureau on June 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. Paul Morigi | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Fox News anchor Chris Wallace abruptly announced on Sunday he’s leaving the network after 18 years, effective immediately. The host of the

In this article BZFD BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti stands in front of the Nasdaq market site in Times Square as the company goes public through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company on December 06, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images BuzzFeed fell 39% in its first week of trading, closing

Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky delivers a keynote address during the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas on November 30, 2021. Noah Berger | Getty Images Amazon Web Services on Friday published an explanation for an hours-long outage earlier this week that disrupted its retail business and third-party online services. The company also said

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 16: Oracle chairman of the board and chief technology officer Larry Ellison delivers a keynote address during the 2019 Oracle OpenWorld on September 16, 2019 in San Francisco, California. Oracle chairman of the board and chief technology officer Larry Ellison kicked off the 2019 Oracle OpenWorld with a keynote address.

David Meredith, CEO, Everbridge Scott Mlyn | CNBC Shares of Everbridge lost almost half their value on Friday after the software company said CEO David Meredith resigned effective immediately. Everbridge, whose technology helps companies manage public safety emergencies, saw its stock price rocket during the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic as cities across the

In this article TSLA Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends an opening ceremony for Tesla China-made Model Y program in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 7, 2020. Ding Ting | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Elon Musk is continuing to offload Tesla stock. The tech billionaire sold 934,091 Tesla shares, according to financial filings with the

In this article GOOGL Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google Inc., speaks during the Google I/O Developers Conference in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google executives are acknowledging employee concerns about rising inflation, but say they have no plans to respond with

Packages move along a conveyor at an Amazon fulfillment center on Cyber Monday in Robbinsville, New Jersey, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon was fined 1.13 billion euros ($1.28 billion) on Thursday by Italian antitrust regulators for abusing its market dominance. The Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri testifies at a US Senate hearing in Washington, DC, on December 8, 2021. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri testified for the first time before Congress on Wednesday, refusing to commit to permanently ending the paused plans to create a version of the platform

In this article MMAT A worker picks up trash in front of a new logo and the name ‘Meta’ on the sign in front of Facebook headquarters on October 28, 2021 in Menlo Park, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Meta, formerly Facebook, has announced it will fully reopen its U.S. offices on Jan. 31,

In this article AMZN Attendees at an Amazon.com annual cloud computing conference Salvador Rodriguez | Reuters Amazon‘s cloud-computing unit on Tuesday was hit with an outage that took down some websites and services. A notice on Amazon Web Services’ status page said it was experiencing problems with certain APIs and the AWS Management Console. The

A 3D map showing the continent of Europe. Constantine Johnny | Moment | Getty Images LONDON — Europe’s tech sector is on fire.  Start-ups in the region are on track to haul in a record $121 billion in funding this year, according to a report from venture capital firm Atomico, roughly three times the $41

SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures during a conversation at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, June 13, 2019. Mike Blake | Reuters Shares of Tesla slumped more than 3% in early trading Monday after Reuters reported the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an investigation into the company. The SEC

In this article BTC.CM= ETH= The Bitcoin logo is displayed on the screen of a Bitcoin ATM on November 10, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Bitcoin prices stabilized on Sunday morning after wild trading sent the cryptocurrency tumbling more than 17% in just 24 hours. The cryptocurrency traded at $48,953

American multinational technology company Google logo seen at Googleplex, the corporate headquarters complex of Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc. Alex Tai | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images While judges review subpoenas in an almost year-long case that pits Google against its workers, former company employees are doing their part to highlight

For years, Amazon has been quietly chartering private cargo ships, making its own containers, and leasing planes to better control the complicated shipping journey of an online order. Now, as many retailers panic over supply chain chaos, Amazon’s costly early moves are helping it avoid the long wait times for available dock space and workers

Visitors look at an immersive art installation titled ‘Machine Hallucinations Space: Metaverse’ by Refik Anadol at the Digital Art Fair Asia in Hong Kong, Oct. 3, 2021. Lam Yik | Bloomberg | Getty Images MIAMI BEACH, Fla. –  Even if NFTs are a flash in the pan, cryptocurrency investors are betting that the underlying blockchain technology

In this article DOCU ETSY DASH ZM A trader working after the Nasdaq opening bell ceremony on April 18, 2019 in New York City. Kena Betancur | Getty Images A funny thing happened on the way to the stock market’s retreat. Stay-at-home stocks that benefitted most from Covid-19 and the ensuing lockdowns, like Etsy, DoorDash,

In this article TWTR Parag Agrawal named Twitter CEO on Nov 29th, 2021. Courtesy: Twitter Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, who on Monday replaced co-founder Jack Dorsey, is quickly reorganizing the company’s leadership structure across product and engineering. Twitter said in a regulatory filing on Friday that “to drive increased accountability, speed, and operational efficiency,” the