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Podcast: Money Matters with Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian
Episode: What’s Trending: A 12-year-old gamer quits school, Maduro goes viral in Nike & a tuna sells for millions
Description: From kids chasing unconventional dreams to world leaders turning heads with fashion, and Japan’s auctions breaking all records, on What’s Trending, Hongbin Jeong, Nadiah Koh and Alexandra Parada dive into the extraordinary. We meet 12-year-old gaming prodigy Tarou, who plans to quit school to pursue esports full-time—with his parents fully on board. Then, we look at Nicolás Maduro, whose viral Nike Tech Fleece outfit after his capture had the internet buzzing. And if that’s not enough, we explored Japan’s New Year auctions, where a single tuna sold for US$3.2 million and cherries went for over S$...