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Balaji· 2026-05-08 09:52
The US federal budget is $7 trillion.There are 535 in the Senate and Congress.They collectively allocate that money.Specifically: 7000/535 = 13 billion per official.Which means AOC is a political billionaire.She allocates far more than any market billionaire.Indeed she allocates ten billion liquid, per year.A market billionaire has one billion, illiquid, per life.So: AOC spends 10-100X what a market billionaire has.It's not even close.She's right about one thing, though.AOC didn't earn the tens of billions ...
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Bloomberg· 2026-05-08 09:50
It’s been some week. Jubilant investors sent MSCI’s Asian stock gauge up 5.6%, the second-biggest gain since September 2024: Here is your Evening Briefing. https://t.co/IgJzGWZw4Q ...
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Bloomberg· 2026-05-08 09:46
FSD Africa launched the Rwanda SME Growth Fund last week, the first under its Catalytic Transactions initiative https://t.co/MGzuZwra7B ...
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Bloomberg· 2026-05-08 09:45
An oil price surge is spurring a re-look at Nigeria’s assets by global investors https://t.co/p7llbYIS41 ...
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CoinMarketCap· 2026-05-08 09:44
LATEST: 📊 JPMorgan says Strategy's Bitcoin buying could hit $30B in 2026, with the firm already adding 145,834 BTC, worth $11B, so far this year. https://t.co/PdxVuhaOT0CoinMarketCap (@CoinMarketCap):LATEST: ⚡ Strategy will not buy Bitcoin this week, Michael Saylor said, marking the firm’s second pause in weekly acquisitions this year ahead of its Q1 earnings release Tuesday. https://t.co/KPSF9HD9wN ...
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BBC News (World)· 2026-05-08 09:43
Three dead after volcano erupts on Indonesian island https://t.co/pANLoeyJcg ...
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Bloomberg· 2026-05-08 09:42
US stocks and gold are hurtling toward a fourth year of double-digit gains https://t.co/NLNTsuF8IM ...
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Wu Blockchain· 2026-05-08 09:41
Upbit to List Pharos (PROS) on KRW, BTC and USDT MarketsUpbit, South Korea’s largest crypto exchange, will add trading support for Pharos (PROS) on the KRW, BTC and USDT markets on May 8. Pharos is an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain using an asynchronous BFT-based PoS consensus algorithm. ...
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Bloomberg· 2026-05-08 09:40
Social media is incentivizing politicians to perform for their core supporters rather than the less committed--a key driver of political polarization, says @Clive_Crook (via @opinion) https://t.co/pQaJDXhh0L ...