TOKYO: On Japan’s newest exchange, fame can pay off. That may not be so great for investors though.
Last month, Hikaru, a Japanese YouTube star so famous he can go by a single stage name, listed himself on Valu, a platform for people to raise money, often for personal projects or businesses, by essentially selling shares in themselves.
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