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Week InReview: July 26, 2019

Can you afford not to have lunch with Warren Buffett?

"The digital token known as Tron tumbled as much as 16% after cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun postponed his charity lunch meeting with billionaire Warren Buffett citing a bout of kidney stones.

"Buffett and 29-year-old Sun agreed to reschedule, according to a tweet Monday from his Tron Foundation. The lunch had been set for Thursday in San Francisco. …

"The postponement came only hours after Sun tweeted invitations to other crypto boosters to join him, spurring speculation there may be other reasons for the decision. Sun denied media reports that he was involved in illegal fundraising and money laundering, according to China's state-run Global Times."

— Buffett lunch winner's crypto coin drops after meeting delay

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