Sep 14, 2023

Friend.tech, a decentralized social media platform in which you can buy and sell “keys” in your friends on X, whose value can go up and down, has become a viral sensation, racking up as many as 100,000 users since launching on August 10. Securities and banking law professor at George Mason Law School JW Verret, and tax partner and co-head of the Digital Assets and Blockchain Practice at Fried Frank Jason Schwartz, share their thoughts.

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