The Missing Cryptoqueen

This was an excellent podcast with top notch journalism. At times I felt frustrated by the host but I chalked it up to what I can only describe as his “britishisms” the sort of frustrating way British people don’t speak directly. The story itself gets very scary towards the end. In some ways I do think they have reached the end of their search and that to go further would be touching something that is beyond the realm of BBC journalism. To me it seemed obvious that it was a scam for the beginning, I don’t think I’m that much smarter than other people though because I think, crucially, the want to believe in it was the nexus that propelled it to such heights. There was just enough truth in crypto riches to be plausible enough that it felt so good to give in to belief I imagine. That being said it is an audacious crime. Perhaps one of the most brazen and large scale scams of all time. Alongside Bernie Madoff but so different too. I can’t believe people are still investing in it and still promoting it. It’s also a great example of how tacky rich people really are. When Jamie described the Dutch millionaires home I was rolling my eyes the whole time. What a cockroach lol. I don’t know if we will ever truly know what happened to Ruja but I think it can safely be sad that One Coin is a massive criminal enterprise.

Why do we have to hear the woman chanting every other minute? Was so looking forward to these newest episodes but can barely make it through the first one.

I’ve listened to every episode and all it does it string you along to a non conclusion.

Interesting story, but the off putting production plays like an endless movie trailer: frenetic, mannered, and overproduced.