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Oct 2022
26m 27s

Kim Kardashian fined over crypto ad

Bbc World Service
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Kim Kardashian has agreed to pay a $1.26m (£1.12m) fine for advertising EthereumMax on her Instagram page. The US Securities and Exchange Commission said the reality TV star had received $250,000 for advertising the cryptocurrency, without disclosing she had been paid to do so. A UN report says the Federal Reserve and other central banks risk pushing the gl ... Show More
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