Introducing The Missing Cryptoqueen

The Missing Cryptoqueen

BBC

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, Unknown

4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2019

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

In 2014, a businesswoman called Dr Ruja Ignatova launched a new cryptocurrency that promised to change money forever. OneCoin, she said, was similar to Bitcoin, only bigger, better and easier to use. Within two years, over 3 million people had joined the OneCoin revolution, and Dr Ruja became rich and famous. But then she suddenly disappeared and hasn’t been seen since. For the last six months, writer and journalist Jamie Bartlett has been on the hunt to find The Missing Cryptoqueen. What he uncovers is a lot more than a missing woman. It's a story of greed, deceit and herd madness that takes him all over the world - and gets far weirder than he thought possible. New episodes every Thursday morning, starting 19th September.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.6	One family, you're amazing guys.
0:08.6	Dr. Rooja promised to make the world rich
0:11.3	through a revolutionary new cryptocurrency.
0:14.2	I believe what makes us different is our vision.
0:18.0	We are more than just one coin.
0:21.0	We create the world around this coin.
0:26.7	Within two years, she was packing out arenas around the world
0:30.7	with believers who'd invested in her idea.
0:34.7	It was God, the Bitcoin Akira.
0:37.7	Brudegna Tova, she's a new genius lid.
0:41.7	Dr. Rooja started appearing at events all over the world,
0:45.7	spreading the one coin gospel, arguing with bankers
0:48.7	and gaining legions of devoted followers.
0:52.7	And always, always dressed in silk gowns, diamonds
0:56.7	and her signature red lipstick.
0:59.7	Try to imagine a cross between Belle from Beauty and the Beast
1:03.7	and Steve Jobs.
1:05.7	We have very, very ambitious goals.
1:08.7	This is just the beginning.
1:12.7	Her company made billions from global investors.
1:16.7	Mariela just gets made here.
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