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Reddit traders eye silver, Republicans float smaller relief bill, Mance talks to Bellingcat founder

Reddit traders have targeted silver markets after piling into GameStop shares last week, and Republicans in the US Senate float a stimulus deal a third the size of president Joe Biden’s plan. Plus, the FT’s chief features writer, Henry Mance, spoke with the founder of the internet investigative group Bellingcat and shines a light on the trailblazing group.  Reddit traders switch sights to silver after equities attack<a href="ft.com/content/d46e8623-09af-4a1f-b7e5-207616388b0f?" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ft.com/content/d46e8623-09af-4a1f-b7e5-207616388b0f?</a> GameStop mania: why Reddit traders are unlikely to face prosecution<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/8caa3c75-944a-468e-8a68-9deeec8b67d8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/8caa3c75-944a-468e-8a68-9deeec8b67d8</a> Republican senators float compromise $600bn stimulus deal<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/20859a91-cadc-42c2-b97b-a994efd65ec1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/20859a91-cadc-42c2-b97b-a994efd65ec1</a> Bellingcat’s Eliot Higgins: ‘We’re on the precipice of the misinformation age’<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/0f31590f-74cf-4cfa-b0d6-92e8f27d6d34" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ft.com/content/0f31590f-74cf-4cfa-b0d6-92e8f27d6d34</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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