The Bloomberg Billionaires Index is a daily ranking of the world’s richest people. The figures are updated at the close of every trading day in New York. Today, the new rich people predominantly made their fortune in the tech or fintech industry.
Bitcoin used the most energy of any cryptocurrency in 2020, producing as much as 59.9 million tons of CO2. 299.6 million trees would've needed to be planted to offset this volume. Bitcoin is an incredibly unsustainable cryptocurrency. Studies suggest that the cryptocurrency's carbon footprint is as large as some of the world's biggest cities. This needs to be changed if Bitcoin wants a future in the dawning law-carbon cybersocie
She still believes in Tela. According to Barron's, Cathie Wood’s ARK Investment ETFs purchased 33,482 shares of the electric-vehicle company Tesla recently. On the day of the new investment, the Tesla stock closed Thursday at $829.10, down 11.6%. At that price, Wood paid an estimated $27.76 million for the shares.
Houston, we have a problem! Elon Musk alerted us to this problem via Twitter this week. Falling fertility rates in nearly every country could have shrinking populations by the end of the century. 23 nations including Spain and Japan are expected to see their populations halve by 2100. Countries will also age dramatically, with as many people turning 80 as there are being born.