Happy Sunday everyone, I hope you’re all having a good weekend. This weekend is the latest instalment in my occasional series of stuff about scams. I’ve already talked about documentaries about MLMs, about hydrogen trucks, and the next thing I’m expecting a wave of podcasts and documentaries about is crypto. I’ve already listened to a bunch of podcasts about Sam Bankman Fried and the fall of FTX, but that hasn’t really made it to screen yet, but what has is Bitconned, which tells the story of Centra Tech, a crypto startup who created their own currency but also said they were creating a debit card that you could use to spend your crypto in the real world. Except that it’s all a scam.
And what this documentary had is interviews with the people behind the scam. Yes, as in the actual people who carried out the con did interviews for this doc. It’s absolutely wild. And yes, they’re as obnoxious as they seem in the trailer. Maybe more so, but don’t let that stop you from watching it because it’s a truly bonkers scheme they tried to pull – and demonstrates what experts mean when they say that crypto was a Wild West!
Have a great Sunday!
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