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Intrigued by cryptocurrency investments? Watch out for ‘finfluencers’

By Thomas Goldsmith Cross a social media influencer with someone who touts a great new cyber-based way to grow your money and you might just have run into a “finfluencer.”  Financial regulators increasingly use the newish term to designate unscrupulous people — some celebrities, some simply uncredentialed know-it-alls — who pop up online with too-good-to-be-true […]