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Maricoin: First LGBT+ Cryptocurrency Bets on ‘Changing the World’

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Maricoin: First LGBT+ Cryptocurrency Bets on ‘Changing the World’

This sounds like a marketing gimmick, but the founders of the first LGBT+ cryptocurrency stated that they hope to use the economic power of the community to “change the world.” maricoin launched a week-long pilot test on Friday, involving 10 companies in Chueca, the LGBT+ community in Madrid, Spain.

The goal of Maricoin’s supporters is to allow virtual currency to start trading early next year, paving the way for its use as a means of payment in LGBT-friendly businesses and events around the world.

“Since we are driving this economy, why shouldn’t our community profit from it instead of banks, insurance companies, or large companies that don’t usually help LGBT+ people?” 48-year-old co-founder Juan Belmont told Tang by phone Mori Reuters Foundation. Belmonte is a barber and entrepreneur. He said that the idea of ​​LGBT+ cryptocurrency came about when he participated in the Madrid Pride event with friends in July this year.

But he traced the origins of this project back to 2017, when the ultra-conservative organization HazteOir launched a campaign against transgender rights, sending a bus to travel across Spain with the words: “Boys have penises, girls have Vulva. Don’t be fooled.”

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Spanish authorities quickly banned the conservative Christian group’s campaign activities, but Belmonte said it made him realize that he “must do something” to help use the economic influence of the LGBT+ community to fight homophobia. huge market
The global LGBT+ market is huge. Research by Swiss bank Credit Suisse shows that it will become the world’s fourth largest economy, second only to Japan, but ahead of Germany in terms of purchasing power.

A 2018 study conducted by Kantar Consulting and LGBT+ social network Hornet estimated that the purchasing power of the U.S. community alone reached US$1 trillion (about Rs 74,514 crore) in 2016-almost the same as African American or Hispanic consumers The purchasing power is flat.

Maricoin is backed by Borderless Capital, a Miami-based venture capital firm. Francisco Alvarez, the chief executive of the program, stated that 8,000 people were waiting to buy Maricoin before the currency began trading.

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

Tom Holland, last seen in Apple TV show The Crowded Room last year, has signed his next with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

Tom Holland is going to have a very busy 2025. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the actor has signed Christopher Nolan’s next, which he will juggle the filming of with that of the long-awaited Spider-Man 4. (Also Read – Tom Holland shares why he left alcohol behind: ‘Struggling without booze…’)

Tom signs Nolan’s next

This will mark the first collaboration between Tom and Christopher. While details of his next directorial aren’t known yet, it’s most likely not to have a contemporary setting. It’ll be either set in the past like, his previous film Oppenheimer (2023), or in the future like Interstellar (2014). Matt Damon, who has worked with Christopher in both, has also come on board his next.

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Christopher’s next will be co-produced by him and his wife Emma Thomas’ banner Syncopy Inc and Universal Pictures, as the two production houses will team up after the Academy Award-winning blockbuster Oppenheimer last year. Prior to Oppenheimer, Christopher collaborated mostly with Warner Bros before having a fallout post the debacle of Tenet (2020).

Warner Bros then went on to produce Greta Gerwig’s musical satire Barbie, which clashed with Oppenheimer at the box office and even outperformed it globally. Warner Bros offered Christopher a cheque for the fees he waived off for helming Tenet during the pandemic. While Christopher graciously accepted the belated remuneration, he still went on to pitch his next to Warner Bros.

Tom’s busy schedule

Tom didn’t have any release this year. His last outing was Todd Graff’s psychological thriller show The Crowded Room on Apple TV last year. He’ll juggle the filming of Christopher Nolan’s next and Spider-Man 4 in 2025. Tom has been playing the superhero ever since Russo Brothers’ 2016 blockbuster Captain America: Civil War. He’s slipped into the Peter Parker shoes post that for three standalone films and two Avengers movies. Spider-Man 4 will be helmed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton.

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As Tom’s girlfriend and co-star Zendaya will be busy filming Spider-Man 4 in 2025, she’ll reprise her role of Chani in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi spectacle Dune 3 only in 2026. Meanwhile, Tom is also likely to make an appearance as Spider-Man in Russo Brothers’ Avengers: Doomsday, which will go on floors in the spring of 2025.

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