Akon’s Multi-Billion Dollar Crypto City in Africa Gets a Reality Check
<img width="1920" height="1150" src="https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2024/08/akon_crypto_city.jpg"; alt="A rendering of what Akon's crypto city is supposed to look like.">Will the singer's $6 billion metropolis, a "real-life Wakanda," actually get built? It's looking increasingly unlikely.
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