“If you dig deep enough, the inconsistencies will emerge.” HBO has revealed the trailer for a documentary film titled Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery, another investigative look at Bitcoin and the world of cryptocurrency. This would play well as a double feature with Alex Winter’s excellent doc Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain a few years back. “In the future of money, who holds the power?” Indeed. In Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery, intrepid filmmaker Cullen Hoback dives into the origins of Bitcoin and the identity of its creator, Satoshi Nakamoto. The captivating new doc film offers a thrilling, globe-spanning investigation, with Hoback immersing himself with key players, uncovering never-before-seen clues, and humorously unraveling Bitcoin’s meteoric rise. It’s executive produced by Adam McKay (director of The Big Short), Todd Schulman, Cullen Hoback, and Taylor Jones. And it’ll be streaming on Max later this month. I’m always fascinated by these kind of investigations, but they’re never critical enough or hard-hitting when it comes to the danger of a world obsessed with crypto. We still have to keep waiting to see what comes next. // Continue Reading ›
