Netflix‘s crypto swindler documentary draws wild community reaction

cointelegraph.com:

Netflix’s new crypto documentary titled Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King was released on Wednesday amid much fanfare. The documentary is based on the mysterious death of the now-defunct crypto exchange QuadrigaCX founder.

The founder of the crypto exchange allegedly died on a trip to India. Along with him, he took away the whereabouts of the keys to crypto wallets containing around $250 million worth of cryptocurrencies.

Unofficial investigations and numerous conspiracy theories followed the mysterious disappearance/death of the QuadrigaCX founder. The Netflix investigative documentary aims to clear some mystery around the high-profile crypto case that puzzles many even today.

The crypto swindler documentary takes inspiration from “DON’T F*CK WITH CATS”-style investigative thriller and people already seemed to be hooked to the release. One Twitter user wrote:

Another expressed a similar view and said:

A user who had allegedly used the QudrigaCX back in the day claimed that he smelled fishy behavior way early and took money out in time. After watching the documentary, he wrote:

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While the investive documentary is quite engaging and doesn’t really require anyone to have any crypto knowledge to understand it, many in the crypto community who has closely covered the story or were affected by the bust of the exchange found it quite fulfilling.

Mike Oltoff, founder and CEO of Coin card, claimed that many of his friends played a cameo in the documentary including himself

The conspiracy theories about the founder faking his death to get away with millions of dollars worth of customers’ crypto resonated with the majority of the viewers.