Tarpley Hitt

Reporter

Tarpley Hitt is a Power Trip reporter at the Daily Beast, covering money, labor, and the ultra-rich. Send her tips about billionaires at Tarpley.Hitt@thedailybeast.com.

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‘DISNEY OF THE NORTH’

This Belarusian Currency Trader Is Buying Up Tiny Vermont

And he’s looking to build a luxury ‘Viking village’ in one particularly teensy town.

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DOG EAT DOG

Crypto Mogul’s $1B Gift of ‘Petcoins’ to Charity Backfires

Vitalik Buterin contributed massive sums of dog-related joke coins, which he’d received as part of a marketing stunt, to a fund for Covid relief in India and other charities.

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MORE MONEY THAN SENSE

Rich Mayoral Candidates Have No Idea How Much NY Houses Cost

Ex-Citigroup executive Ray McGuire and Obama-era HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan totally flubbed a question on housing affordability.

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EXPOSED

Apollo Executive Is ‘BBQ Man’ Behind Sydney’s COVID Mutant

The previously unidentified man, nicknamed “BBQ Man,” contracted a “double mutant” strain of COVID-19, spurring an outbreak that forced Sydney to impose new restrictions.

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UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

Famed Psych to Evaluate Billionaire Charged in $2B Tax Fraud

Three doctors will evaluate the mental agility of Robert Brockman, who’s been charged in the largest tax evasion case in U.S. history and claims he has dementia.

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This Belarusian Currency Trader Is Buying Up Tiny Vermont

Crypto Mogul’s $1B Gift of ‘Petcoins’ to Charity Backfires

Rich Mayoral Candidates Have No Idea How Much NY Houses Cost

Apollo Executive Is ‘BBQ Man’ Behind Sydney’s COVID Mutant

Famed Psych to Evaluate Billionaire Charged in $2B Tax Fraud

Luxury Mall Shoppers Sent Scrambling After Apparent Shooting

Toddler Among Three Shot in Broad Daylight at Times Square

DA Candidate Forced to Address Paralegal’s Death in His Tub

Massive U.S. Pipeline Operator Shut Down by Cyberattack

AZ Nixes Insane Election Audit Measure After DOJ Steps In