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The Shady Crypto Startup Selling ‘Shares’ in Celebs
TOKENISM
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos via Getty/Reuters
BitClout lets people speculate on prominent social-media figures, buying tokens that theoretically rise and fall in value with the person’s popularity. Yes, it’s insane.
Tarpley Hitt
Reporter
Published
Apr. 12 2021
5:08AM EDT
Tarpley Hitt
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