The Bitcoin killer
Not all is as it seems with Dr Ruja's revolutionary cryptocurrency, OneCoin.
Not all is as it seems with Dr Ruja's revolutionary cryptocurrency, OneCoin.
The Missing Cryptoqueen follows the story of Dr Ruja Ignatova, the founder of cryptocurrency OneCoin that promised to change money forever. Within two years, the company claimed to have over 3.5 million members, and hundreds of thousands of investors, with offices opening in major cities and events taking place around the world. But rumours started about the currency鈥檚 legitimacy, with critics questioning the foundations of the scheme.
In 2017, Dr Ruja disappeared. She hasn鈥檛 been seen since. Now, technology researcher and author Jamie Bartlett and producer Georgia Catt are on the hunt - to try to understand why people invested so much in OneCoin, why so many people still believe in the scheme, and what happened to founder Dr Ruja Ignatova.
On a journey that takes them to the Bulgarian Riviera, a beauty pageant, victims in the UK, rural Uganda, Southern Germany, and a cryptocurrency luxury cruise, can they find the Missing Cryptoqueen?
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- Sat 30 Nov 2019 19:32GMT蜜芽传媒 World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
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