Hard-core business: valuing OnlyFans
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The Economist
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🗓️ 3 July 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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OnlyFans transformed the online porn industry by making users subscribe for adult content. Now it is rumoured to be up for sale: who might buy it? As the Dalai Lama turns 90, he has announced that he will reincarnate after his death. That will change China-Tibet relations. And how luxury fruit became the latest fashion craze.
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| 0:00.0 | blockchain crypto it's happening to investments currency food trucks yes payments are possible with |
| 0:06.4 | crypto now but it's not just happening to tortilla chips also microchips you can trade tokenized |
| 0:12.4 | real world and digital assets so it's happening to assets trading industries economies and |
| 0:18.4 | pretty much everything else and it it's happening with Ripple. |
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| 1:22.6 | The Economist.com Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from The Economist. I'm your host, Rosie Bloor. |
| 1:26.6 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective |
| 1:29.2 | on the events shaping your world. In advance of the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday this weekend, |
| 1:39.5 | he's announced that he will indeed be reincarnated after he dies. That may sound esoteric, but it has big implications for the future of China-Tibet relations. |
| 1:50.0 | And in LA, a posh grocery chain recently started importing and selling |
| 1:56.0 | individually wrapped Japanese strawberries for $19 each. Our correspondent explores the new craze for luxury fruit. |
| 2:08.6 | But first... You can choose to either get involved or just walk around watch, enjoy the show. |
| 2:26.8 | In certain parts of the internet, Bonnie Blue is one of the most famous people. |
| 2:31.4 | The 26-year-old from Nottingham in Britain has taken over TikTok feeds, |
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