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• Why Mike Novogratz, Charles Hoskinson, and the founder of Wall Street Bets think crypto would help Afghans avoid a cash crunch

  23-08-2021 09:26 via feedproxy.google.com
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  Cryptocurrencies could have helped people in Afghanistan during the cash crunch, advocates say.
  Mike Novogratz, Charles Hoskinson, and Wall Streets Bets' founder Jaime Rogozinski share that view.
  The conversation about whether crypto could have helped Afghans without money has agitated many.
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  Cryptocurrency advocates, including billionaires Mike Novogratz and Charles Hoskinson, believe that owning digital assets would have he
  
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• Matt Gaetz and his girlfriend Ginger Luckey eloped in California

  23-08-2021 04:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and his girlfriend Ginger Luckey enter "Women for American First" event, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Doral, Fla. Gaetz eloped to Southern California marrying Ginger Luckey in a small ceremony on Catalina Island. The 39-year-old Republican announced the Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021 wedding on his personal Twitter page. He exclaimed “I love my wife!” along with a photo of them together.
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  Gaetz and Luckey met in March 2020 at the Mar
  
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• OnlyFans seeks to reassure adult content creators after backlash over banning porn from the site

  23-08-2021 03:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  OnlyFans logo displayed on a phone screen and a website in the background are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on April 27, 2021.
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  OnlyFans tweeted its support for sex work amid its policy changes banning sexually explicit content.
  The company announced the updates last week to reportedly pivot its brand image, making it more appealing to outside investors.
  Sex workers feeling alienated by the decision expressed their anger and intentions to leave th
  
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• In a bipartisan letter, 106 House members asked the FDA when children under 12 will be able to get vaccinated

  23-08-2021 02:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Student wear facemasks as they attend their first day in school after summer vacation at the St. Lawrence Catholic School in north of Miami, on August 18, 2021.
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  The American Academy of Pediatrics found 72,000 children tested positive for COVID-19 during the last week of July.
  Results from Pfizer and Moderna clinical trials involving children may be delayed.
  The number of pediatric COVID-19 cases has increased since schools reopened.
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• The Biden administration could launch civil-rights investigations into states banning mask mandates, secretary of education says

  23-08-2021 01:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Pro-mask wearing demonstrators stage a protest at the Cobb County School Board Headquarters Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, in Marietta, Georgia.
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  States including Florida have tried to ban schools from imposing mask mandates.Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has threatened to withhold funds from schools that require masks.
  Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said students should "have access to this fundamental right of education."
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• Progressive lawmakers, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders, have largely stayed quiet as Afghanistan descends into chaos

  23-08-2021 01:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) talks with a reporter as she protests the expiration of the federal eviction moratorium on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol on August 3, 2021.
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  Since the Taliban captured Kabul, Democrats and Republicans have attacked the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
  But prominent progressive lawmakers avoided criticizing President Joe Biden this week.
  The crisis in Afghanistan could pose a test for the Democratic party in the 2022 midterm elec
  
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• POWER PLAYERS: 12 bankers, investors, and lawyers driving the next big boom in the $1 trillion world of CLOs

  23-08-2021 01:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  From left: Lauren Basmadjian of Carlyle Group, Lauren Law of Octagon Credit, Eugene Ferrer of Paul Hastings, Rob Zable of Blackstone, and Rachel Russell of Morgan Stanley.
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  Collateralized loan obligations, or CLOs, are a nearly $1 trillion asset class.
  Dealmakers, traders, and investors told us how they made a career in CLOs.
  They explained how they were winning investors over to a space that has a fair
  
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• Check out 12 pitch decks that fintechs looking to disrupt trading, banking, and lending used to raise millions

  23-08-2021 01:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Check out these pitch decks for examples of fintech founders sold their vision.
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  Insider has been tracking the next wave of hot new startups that are blending finance and tech.Check out these pitch decks to see how fintech founders sold their vision.
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  Fintech VCfunding hit a fresh quarterly record of $22.8 billion in the first three months of 2021, according to CB Insights data. While mega-rounds helped propel overall fundin
  
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