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With any and all things crypto being pushed by celebrities, influencers, and politicians alike, actor-turned-author and director Ben McKenzie decides to investigate. Leveraging his celebrity status to gain access to eager prospectors, McKenzie finds himself unraveling the loosely regulated world of cryptocurrency. This skeptical but evenhanded take on the present and future of what we consider money gives a firsthand account of the chaotic financial frontier of our time.
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00:00Everyone is lying to eat their money.
00:03Cryptocurrency.
00:04It's pretty stupid.
00:07No balls, right?
00:08You might recognize Ben McKenzie from The O.C.
00:11He's been a critic of the cryptocurrency industry.
00:14To understand my journey into cryptocurrency,
00:16we have to go back.
00:18You know what's taken off? It's Bitcoin.
00:20It's money.
00:21It's cryptocurrency.
00:23It's F-C cryptocurrency. I don't know what the f- that means.
00:25What is this, like, look?
00:26I have a degree in economics.
00:28Surely I can figure out this crypto stuff.
00:31No banks, no fees.
00:33Electronic gold.
00:34Good time. We get Bitcoin.
00:36Take all your money, buy Bitcoin.
00:39I had a few questions.
00:41I can handle the turbulence.
00:44I don't like it.
00:44Up against a multi-trillion dollar industry
00:46shielded by every celebrity on the planet,
00:49I hired a film crew.
00:50Nice to meet you.
00:52Did you talk to my agent yet?
00:55The Building Bitcoin Z.
00:58This looks like a normal web of trust.
01:00They can make the price gold, whatever they want.
01:03You're the money!
01:04What do you say to the people who have been scammed?
01:07I was crying. My wife was upset.
01:09Shady dudes end up making most of the money.
01:11How much have you donated to politicians?
01:14Investors, do you have anything to say?
01:19The cryptocurrency industry represents the largest Ponzi scheme in history.
01:24Hundreds of millions of people worldwide have been lied to.
01:29What is this backed by at the end of the day?
01:34Nothing.
01:35It's a story.
01:41I made a ton of money on it.
01:43Yeah.
01:43But I don't actually know anything about it.
01:45Well, what's the matter, right?
01:47It doesn't matter.

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