Somewhat. I think we should figure out p2pool, to eventually make centralized pools obsolete.

No. I suspect it owns the shares as part of a balanced / algorithm based portfolio and shares in publicly listed companies can be bought by anyone.

They have limited voting rights…. at the moment. Certainly worth watching how this progresses though.

It's a concern, to be sure - where's the latest news on that? Also, to save me looking (sorry not sorry) is that limited to American mining companies?

A bigger picture:

https://imgprxy.stacker.news/oxp07AU7lCp383nwCScJ3e5v_s-I2Al9UWRydu1P0Do/rs:fit:600:500:0/g:no/aHR0cHM6Ly9wYnMudHdpbWcuY29tL21lZGlhL0Y0eXNEZ0pYZ0FBR1BZUz9mb3JtYXQ9anBnJm5hbWU9bGFyZ2U It's just 6% though