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The cult of crypto: how $2 trillion went up in flames

Was crypto just a massive Ponzi scheme? Or is the revolution it promised still to come?

It promised a financial revolution -- a liberation from money middlemen. But then the $3 trillion industry of cryptocurrency lost two thirds of its value in six months. So was it all a cult of personality? Or is the revolution still to come?

Guest: Danny Fortson, West Coast Correspondent, The Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Clips: CNN, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News, CNBC, CoinDesk, Crypto Mason, Blake O'Neal.

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35 minutes