Taxing capital gains income and ordinary income at the same rates would get rid of a lot of complexity, said the technocrat turned philanthropist.
Nearly $500 million is a lot of money, but it's important to keep this in perspective. The shares Berkshire sold represented only 1% of its stake.
Billionaire investor Mike Novogratz has said that every major macro fund should hold at least 1% of their portfolios in Bitcoin.
Since Clifford was anointed the new chief executive offer in February last year, the firm’s stock price tumbled 36% and assets dropped by $2 billion.