#bps

#bps

Few business topics are garnering more coverage than Michael Saylor's unconventional strategy at Strategy, the software purveyor turned Bitcoin treasury outfit he still controls as top shareholder and Executive Chairman (the firm was formerly known as MicroStrategy). But one big shift has gone almost entirely unnoticed. As Bitcoin prices plunged, Saylor has attempted to remediate the situation by unleashing a torrent of new shares, the size of which has never before witnessed by a big market cap U.S. company. This immense dilution is keeping his Bitcoin stash growing as a point of pride-but dragging shareholders into dangerous territory.

Scientists from the European ToxFree LIFE for All project tested commercially available headphones for 'endocrine-disrupting' chemicals. These compounds include the so-called 'forever chemicals' bisphenol A (BPA) and the similar bisphenol S (BPS), which mimic the effects of the sex hormone oestrogen inside our bodies, leading to the early onset of puberty in girls, feminisation of males, and cancer. Worryingly, despite well-reported biological effects, the researchers found that 'hazardous substances were detected in every product tested'.