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   "text": "LendingRobot can charge only a 1% management fee and a maximum 0.59% annual fund expense fee because its blockchain secured business model removes the investment adviser, overhead costs, and the legal fees associated with each investor agreement.",
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   "text": "Blockchain-based funds can invert the traditional secrecy of hedge funds: the LendingRobot ledger discloses detailed holdings and supplies a hash code signature evidencing that the data is tamper proof.",
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