{"id":4707,"date":"2022-02-10T13:37:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T12:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/10\/bbc-cryptocurrency-documentary-pulled-from-air-at-last-minute\/"},"modified":"2022-02-10T13:37:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T12:37:02","slug":"bbc-cryptocurrency-documentary-pulled-from-air-at-last-minute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/10\/bbc-cryptocurrency-documentary-pulled-from-air-at-last-minute\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC cryptocurrency documentary pulled from air at last minute"},"content":{"rendered":"

Programme about \u2018self-made crypto-millionaire\u2019 dropped amid questions over central claims<\/p>\n

The BBC has pulled a documentary about a cryptocurrency entrepreneur from television schedules at the last minute after the Guardian raised questions about some of its central claims.<\/p>\n

The programme, called The Crypto-Millionaire and due to be broadcast at 7.30pm on Wednesday night, was to tell the story of Hanad Hassan, a 20-year-old from Birmingham who said he had become incredibly wealthy by trading cryptocurrencies. The programme claimed he had turned a $50 (\u00a337) investment at the start of 2021 into $8m (\u00a35.9m) by the end of the year \u2013 suggesting he had made an astonishing investment return of almost 16,000,000% in just nine months.<\/p>\n

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\nProgramme about \u2018self-made crypto-millionaire\u2019 dropped amid questions over central claims
\nThe BBC has pulled a documentary about a cryptocurrency entrepreneur from television schedules at the last minute after the Guardian raised questions about some of its central claims.
\nThe programme, called The Crypto-Millionaire and due to be broadcast at 7.30pm on Wednesday night, was to tell the story of Hanad Hassan, a 20-year-old from Birmingham who said he had become incredibly wealthy by trading cryptocurrencies. The programme claimed he had turned a $50 (\u00a337) investment at the start of 2021 into $8m (\u00a35.9m) by the end of the year \u2013 suggesting he had made an astonishing investment return of almost 16,000,000% in just nine months. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Programme about \u2018self-made crypto-millionaire\u2019 dropped amid questions over central claims The BBC has pulled a documentary about a cryptocurrency entrepreneur from television schedules at the last minute after the Guardian raised questions about some of its central claims. The programme, called The Crypto-Millionaire and due to be broadcast at 7.30pm on Wednesday night, was to …<\/p>\n

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