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VOL. 8 · MUSIC · ENTERTAINMENT · CELEBRITIES · BUSINESS
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The Audience Bank: What Beast Industries Bought When It Turned MrBeast's Subscribers Into Collateral

BitMine paid $200 million to back Beast Industries' bet that MrBeast's audience trusts him enough to bank with him. Three months later, a Senator wanted to know whether a platform where 39% of viewers are minors should be selling that trust as a financial product at all.

— By Authority Daily · SEP 19, 2026 · 7 MIN —
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